alongside everything in here. You also have to remember that the pyramids were literally THE BIGGEST engineering projects of their time, and literally centuries after, to respect their dead rulers. That entailed LOTS AND LOTS of skilled workers, in a field where only a handful of mistakes could have MAJOR consequences. When you look at the quality of the work, its also incredible just how good their stone-cutting abilities were.
Thinking about it with the rest of this information, is it really a surprise? These people were people who cared about their work, and produced phenomenal work, not slaves just doing the minimum to live.
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