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Hard work pays off (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Although not mummified, they had been buried in mudbrick tombs with beer and bread to support them in the afterlife. The tombs' proximity to the pyramids and the manner of burial supports the theory that they were paid laborers who took pride in their work and were not slaves, as was previously thought. Evidence from the tombs indicates that a workforce of 10,000 laborers working in three-month shifts took around 30 years to build a pyramid. Most of the workers appear to have come from poor families. Specialists such as architects, masons, metalworkers, and carpenters were permanently employed by the king to fill positions that required the most skill.

IMHO the comic still applies to the present. Heck, even more now I read that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Just one article about the work conditions: https://africame.factsanddetails.com/article/entry-190.html

It could be that building the pyramids was not the regular job of the laborers. It was a communal experience like going to burnig man.

Society would be different if there would be one project that everybody builds together. It would be as unifying as a big war, without the disadvantages of a war.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

The image in the post and the text suggest exploitation and slavery

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Bro is holding a whip

[–] realbadat 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How far back do you think worker protections go, specifically in the context of punishment?

Strapping (beating someone with a leather strap... Sounds familiar here) was common in factories in the 1800s.

You didnt have to be a slave to get beat/whipped/more.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

If you whilstblow at some places, it won't be a whip

[–] realbadat 2 points 1 day ago

Especially an aerospace company it would seem.