cladking Wrote:
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> Egyptologists have suggested as few as 4,000 men
> would be needed early on for this job.  It would
> be a tight squeeze but they would fit in the
> workers village.  This would last only three or
> four seasons before needs would begin decreasing.
>
>
> I believe this estimate is too low but this should
> well be within the capabilities of the port and
> village.  What they didn't have room for was an
> army of stone draggers and water haulers.   I
> believe they could easily accommodate 7 or 8000
> men, women, and children in the village.   The
> first few seasons would be a little cramped.


Hi Cladking,

I had to laugh when Mark Lehner uncovered this fact, as it made all the Stone Pullers, say....What? This discovery alone should have killed the Stone Puller analogy. But Hollywood is infatuated with it, and so they continue pushing it, with even less comprehension than before.