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The ancient Greek hstorian Herodotus said 100,000 slaves were used to build the Great Pyramid. A more realistic figure is about 20,000 to 30,000
Zero....They were not slaves, they were skilled workers from around the nation. The slave story is originally a Greek theory, but recent discoveries proved it wrong. "In addition to the many theories as to the techniques involved, there are also disagreements as to the kind of workforce that was used. One theory, suggested by the Greeks, was that slaves were forced to work until the pyramid was done. This theory is no longer accepted in the modern era, however, Archaeologists believe that the Great Pyramid was built by tens of thousands of skilled and unskilled laborers who camped near the pyramids and worked for a salary or as a form of paying taxes until the construction was completed. The worker's cemeteries were discovered in 1990 by archaeologists Zahi Hawass and Mark Lehner. Egyptologist Miroslav Verner posited that the labor was organized into a hierarchy, consisting of two gangs of 100,000 men, divided into five zaa or phyle of 20,000 men each, which may have been further divided according to the skills of the workers" - English Wikipedia. see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramids_of_Giza#Construction

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