Reminds of me of that one Egyptian guy on Aljazeera who claimed that ancient Egypt was socdem and that the pyramids were Keynsian job creation projects
Yep, I think the “slave labor” thing came from Herodotus, who accepted it uncritically from later Egyptian priests who had something of an ax to gring against the old Pharoahs
I could be wrong but I think there are other countries that have done it before too
Looking at the last 6000 years or so i would say that entombing leaders was pretty popular in most civilizations.
Return to tradition, reject Modernity! /s
Reminds of me of that one Egyptian guy on Aljazeera who claimed that ancient Egypt was socdem and that the pyramids were Keynsian job creation projects
I was very surprised to learn that most scholars believe that the pyramids were not built by slaves but by paid laborers.
Yep, I think the “slave labor” thing came from Herodotus, who accepted it uncritically from later Egyptian priests who had something of an ax to gring against the old Pharoahs