The commonly accepted belief about Great Pyramid is that it was built by 100,000 slaves. But an Egyptologist has some different details.
Pyramids have always been the subject of curiosity and intrigue for mankind. This is the topic on which numerous researches have been made but still there is a huge scope for knowing more.
The classical historian Herodotus believed that the Great Pyramid had been built by 100,000 slaves. His image of men, women and children desperately toiling in the harshest of conditions has proved remarkably popular with modern film producers. It is, however, wrong.
Archaeological evidence indicates that the Great Pyramid was in fact built by a workforce of 5,000 permanent, salaried employees and up to 20,000 temporary workers. These workers were free men, summoned under the corvée system of national service to put in a three- or four-month shift on the building site before returning home.
They were housed in a temporary camp near the pyramid, where they received payment in the form of food, drink, medical attention and, for those who died on duty, burial in the nearby cemetery.
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