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
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
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Related Topics:
Hugh Reilly