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It is suggested that thousands of slaves were forced under daily hard labour to work until the task was completed. It was considered that only by the unpaid labour provided by these slaves was it possible to build this great monolith. Slaves were expendable and once they were used up more were thrown into the work. It is impossible for most of us to imagine the daily suffering of these poor wretches. For a start you were given no clothes. Consider what it must have been like working long hours naked in the blazing sun under cruel overseers who beat you if you did not work hard enough. As for food nothing more than rough bread and onions received perhaps twice a day.
However despite common belief this is a incorrect interpretation of who built the pyramids of Giza.
The pyramids were not built by slave workers but by skilled craftsmen. It was a common law in those times that one month of a workers year was devoted to the pharaoh / government. You were given two choices when it came to this month in the year pay a tax to not participate or work for the government over a month unpaid. The rich were the only ones who could afford to pay leaving the craftsmen to work for the government over this period of time. These laborers were given task like improvement of public buildings and the construction of tombs and pyramids. The pyramids were not built buy slaves this is a common misconception due to the fact that the workers where not payed and ever since has been embellished by the media to look as if their working conditions became harsh and inhumane.
The fourth dynasty Pharaoh Khafre (Greek name Chephren) who reigned 2558-32 BC
He did not do any actual work he left that to his overseer of public works, architects, scribes (the Pharaoh's project managers), craft workers (the most important being the highly skilled masons), soldiers and thousands of naked slaves.
Thousands of slaves
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Actually, current thought among Egyptologists is that the number of slaves used in building the pyramids was rather limited, instead they were built by free men on their own as a form of reverence and loyalty to the Pharoh. The idea that the pyramids were built by slave labor was advanced hundreds of years ago when men of that time figured that no such large monuments could be built except with the use of slaves and forced labor.
Built by slaves from c.2589BC to 2510BC as tombs of three fourth Dynasty Pharaohs:
Khufu the Great Pyramid the first and largest of the three and greatest to be built at 480ft
Khafre the Second Pyramid at 435ft looks taller because it was built at a higher elevation.
Menkaure the smallest at 215ft
The Great Pyramid of Giza is believed to have been commissioned by the Pharaoh Khufu. His minister Hemon may have designed it.
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Who built the pryamids of Giza Egypt?
Khufu
How many pryamids were built in ancient Egypt?
about 108
What was the period pryamids were built?
The Pyramids were built between 2700 B.C. to 1500 B.C. during the Old Kingdom
Who built pryamids?
Many different Pharaoh's commissioned pyramids but Khufu commissioned the great pyramid of Giza. The workers who built the pyramids are said to be farmers of the bottom class who couldn't farm while their fields were flooded.
Why were the pryamids built?
Pyramids were built to keep grave robbers out and to preserve the pharaohs of Egypt's mummified bodies and to give them a better after life.
What do pryamids look like?
No idea. It depends on what you mean by pryamids!
Why are pryamids triangle?
Not sure about pryamids, but pyramids are definitely NOT triangles.
What are pryamids made of?
Stone
What did the Egyptian show about their religious beliefs about building pyramid?
Pryamids show that Egyptians believed in the afterlife. Egyptians built pryamids to protect pharoahs from Nile floods, wild animals, and foreign invaders. Pyramids contained a person's mummified body, their spirit, and their old possesions, along with various items to help them in the afterlife.
How many pryamids are there?
about 80 to 100 roughly!
When where the pryamids made?
from 2900bc until 1400bc
Are the Giza pyramids still in the same location that it was built in Why or why not?
Yes, the pryamids of Giza are still in the same place 'lo these thoudands of years. Why? Because they are too damn big and heavy to move anywhere else. Besides, nobody who has enough money to pay the laborers to move those pryamids would waste their money even trying to relocate them. And the Egyptian government might get a bit upset about the whole concept. Do you have ANY idea how large those pryamids in Giza really are? Hint: BIG !
