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Slaves didn't build Egypt's pyramids: archaeologists
London, Jan 11 (PTI) Egyptian archaeologists claim to have discovered a new set of tombs which proves that the men who built the greatpyramids, more than 4,000 years ago, were not slaves -- but paid labourers.
In fact, the thousands of men who built the last remaining wonder of the ancient world regularly ate meat and worked three-month rotating shifts; they werealso given the honour of being buried in mud brick tombs within the shadow of the sacred pyramids they worked on, the archaeologists say.
The tombs date back to the country's fourth dynasty between 2575 BC and 2467 BC and it was during this time that the great pyramids were built, the'Daily Mail' quoted Head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities Zahi Hawass as saying.