Or daily scrum. But to be fair they did originate standup meetings.
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Just because they didn't have modern technology doesn't mean they didn't have any technology. They could have used Skype for videoconferencing.
They planned ahead of decades of work rather than the next quarter
Apparently, Giza had 20,000 laborers in addition to 16,000 support staff working on the pyramid over 20 to 30 years.
The California High Speed Rail is the only thing comparable in the USA and that has only required 15,000 jobs since 2015.
The daily scrum probably helped
Scrum looks like a shortened or cleaned-up version of another word
Maybe they organised a pizza lunch for the survivors
No, it's been established long ago that they were workers wirh wages.
Shhh! They and their upvoters want to feel the glow of being justice heroes without looking up from their phone.
Interesting. Learn something new everyday.
Should I correct the meme, or let it stand for context?
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Reminded me of the expert.
Lots and lots of beer
Ha! You got me there. I was just about to complain that none mentioned slaves, then saw the comment that did mention them (together with aliens) which is (imho) even worst than ignoring their suffering... but here you are, making my day by reminding me that those slaves had a "fair" (/s) pay for their suffering-work :P
You remember as you kid you might have stacked rocks or Lego bricks?
They basically did that with really really big rocks.
Are we just gonna forget about the aliens who build pyramids from the tip down with their alien laser, guise? You're erasing our history and heritage!!1!
Whips. Lots and lots of whips.
While Egypt did practice slavery, evidence suggests the pyramids were built by well-fed craftsmen.
I know BBC isn't the best source, but it's fine for this purpose: https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/were-the-egyptian-pyramids-built-by-slaves
Why is the BBC not a good source?
State-run media with a conservative bias (despite the conservatives being their greatest threat). They're fine for this type of reporting, but they immediately roll over whenever a conservative accuses them of reporting reality, and any reporting on a perceived enemy is hilariously distorted.
Like you mentioned, Ancient Egypt did have slavery, so even if there's evidence of temporary villages for paid workers, it's very hard to believe slaves were also not involved as well on projects of this scale.
Even on the hardly off chance that there were 0 slaves near the pyramid, the whole material gathering and transport job to the pyramid site was an insanely huge amount of labour as well.
Here come the slave and alien comments
They had whips, massive, massive whips.
Let's gather together to figure out what went wrong. First off, hay they only waited for Microsoft technology, they could have built millions if not billions of these towers in coordination with the aliens who actually did all the work and while using our very secret 7th hand. You and I know about it but we must not let machines know.
They had slaves. A lot of slaves.
The pyramids being built with slaves is largely incorrect.
Maybe not the "build the pyramid" itself. Just maybe. But all the transportation, accomodations and food for the builders surely came from slaves.
Not necessarily. Most people would have been nominally free, and most economic activity would have come from them.
Did they put the blocks into place with their economic activity?
... yes, labor is generally a pretty key piece of economic activity. There's extensive archeological evidence about the processes of Ancient Egyptian economics, including discussions of obligation, payment, negotiation, etc.
No, the workers literally put them into place but the economic activity around them provided the food and drink and whatnot to the labourers.
The hell of one idea that just won't die. It was created out of thin air by sheer force of racist speculation, and known to be wrong for close to a century. Yet people still keep repeating it.
Just throw human death and suffering at them until they're finished!
Yeah they used slavery instead
🎶 Slaves built the pyramids! Slaves! Built the Parthenon! Slaves! Built America! Slaves! This is your song 🎶
The professionals did the building. The slaves did the brick-making for the building, and probably a lot of other low skill things too.
Not slaves
The masons and other specialized workers were paid, and there is a theory that many of the laborers living near Giza were paid, but no one actually knows if they were. What is known, is that slaves were used in that era, and thinking they weren't at least used in transportation of materials is naive.
They had their own workflow optimization which was do it or die. That can motivate some people.
They were most likely built differently depending on the current Egyptian civilizations' take on man power/ economy.
Effectively Synergizing Backward Overflow
Less burocracy and stupid permissions, plans and a "Let's go" was enough.
The secret ingredient then was the same as it is today.
Slave labor.
Error, they certainly had slaves, but not for building Pyramids and Temples. The Farao knew, if he wanted a job well done, he needed professionals, he used free paid workers. The true is, it was a hard work, but in better conditions as often today
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8 h days
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6 days the week
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A cabin with garden for them and their families
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Medical attention
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Tax exemption
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Free food
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Attention of the elderly
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https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/who-built-the-egyptian-pyramids-not-slaves
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At best, that's reductive and at worst it's completely wrong. I get that this was probably a joke answer, but I feel like this misconception is unfortunate since it misrepresents ancient Egyptian culture and also undermines the impact of the unique evil of chattel slavery that was practiced in the US.
Slaves. They did it with slaves.

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