Hard Life For Pharaoh's Workers

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RECENT STUDIES OF SKELETONS OF THOSE WHO WORKED ON PHARAOH'S PYRAMIDS, TOMBS, AND TEMPLES SHOW THAT THEY WERE MALNOURISHED, DISEASE-RIDDEN, AND OVERWORKED. MANY OF THE WORKERS WERE AFFICTED WITH ARTHRITIS, SAYS AZZA SARRY ELDIN, AN EGYPTIAN ANTHROPOLOGIST. HER STUDY ALSO REVEALED THAT THE WORKERS ENDURED HARD LABOR. "THEIR SPINES WERE BENT FROM CARRYING HEAVY LOADS," AND "THERE'S BONE INFLAMMATION, CAUSING DISCOMFORT," SHE CONCLUDES. EVIDENCE OF THESE DISEASES WAS FOUND BY EXAMINING THE SKULLS, BACKBONES, AND BITS OF FINGER AND TOE BONES EXCAVATED FROM NEARBY CEMETERIES. HOWEVER, THESE DISEASES WERE NOT APPARENT IN THE REMAINS FOUND AT UPPER-CLASS BURIAL SITES. THE ANTHROPOLOGIST ESTIMATES THAT THE WORKERS' LIFE EXPECTANCY WAS IN THE 18-TO-40-YEAR RANGE, WHILE THE PRIVILEGED CLASSES LIVED FOR SOME 50 TO 70 YEARS.

 

[c-sharp minor]

Thanks for the info.

I'm a HUGE fan of anything to do with ancient civilizations, specifically the ancient Egytption civilization.

I believe they were given beer as part of their daily rations too, which may account for some of the malnutrition.