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MediumLong2 t1_ixf565j wrote

Reply to comment by black_brook in Ancient Egyptian mummification was never intended to preserve bodies by IslandChillin

I think it's a little rude to call them pre-science. They had amazing engineers that could build giant pyramids and move heavy blocks of stone really high up off the ground via a clever system of ramps, pulleys, and possibly slave labor.

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Politirotica t1_ixf78cc wrote

>and possibly slave labor.

I thought the modern understanding was that they most likely weren't slaves?

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