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A mixture of slaves and free workers. The slaves did all the heavy dangerous work such as quarrying, dragging the stones, putting them in place, extending and repairing the ramps used to raise the stones to the required level.

The free workers were the supervisors; skilled workers such as masons, carpenters, coppersmiths, scribes; and of course the slave overseers.

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