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Who Built the Pyramids?

  • September 26, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

Turns out Egypt’s pyramids were built not by slaves, but by skilled laborers. A workers’ village found near the Sphinx at Giza housed about 20,000 people, a large city for that time. Along with barracks, the town had kitchens, medical treatment areas, and even cemeteries.

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