How many slave where biulding the Great Pyramid?

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

Between 10,000 and 100,000 depending on the source. The ancient Greek historian and traveller Herodotus (c.450BC) was told it took 100,000 slaves 20 years to build the Great Pyramid. Modern sources put the number at 10,000.

Smaller pyramids built earlier and later must have took less time and fewer people to build.

Just think when Herodotus visited Egypt the Giza pyramids were already 2,000 years old

Answer 3

Over 100,000 slaves.

B:

Modern estimates put it at 20,000 to 30,000 and they were not all slaves.There was an elite group of free workers such as scribes, supervisors and craft workers. There was a lot of unskilled hard back-breaking work such as quarrying, dragging the stones up the ramp and putting them in place which was done by slaves. These slaves were naked too low in social status to be given clothes.

Answer 4

The Greek historian Herodotus (c.450BC) said that it took 100,000 men to build the great pyramid of king Khufu. Modern estimates put the number at about 10,000. A smaller pyramid as the earlier and later pyramids were, obviously took fewer workers.

Most of the labour force would have been slaves, but not all, there was an elite corps of masons, craft workers and supervisors. The slaves did the hard back-breaking work such as quarrying, dragging the stones up the ramp and putting them in place. These slaves were naked too low in social status to be given clothes.

Answer 5

The historian Herodotus who visited ancient Egypt in 450BC was told by his guide that it took 100,000 slaves twenty years of hard labour to build the Great Pyramid. More modern estimates are more in the region of 20,000.

Answer 6

Depends on the size of the pyramid. The ancient Greek historian Herodotus was told in 450BC that the Great pyramid of Pharaoh Khufu took 100,000 naked slaves to build.