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Hugh Reilly: Flying by seat of our pants on a far from excellent adventure

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Published Date: 25 March 2009
IN 2,550BC, a credit crunch threatened to bring work on King Khufu's pyramid at Giza to a grinding halt.
According to contemporary sources, the slave labourers were remarkably upbeat, despite the looming threat of job cuts in the construction industry. Hauling slabs of rock up a ramp all day and every day could be tedious: indeed, some grumblers among t...



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  • Last Updated: 24 March 2009 8:54 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Hugh Reilly
 
 

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