Warwick wrote:

> ttbomk between 500,000 and 1,000,000
>
> and you are correct the current concensus opinion is that the
> workers were not slaves and were in fact very well treated.
>
> It was a government Job!! But it was more than that...they
> were participating in the magic.The idea of foreigners, slaves,
> prisoners etrc building something so important goes against the
> very purpose of building the thing in the first place.
>
>
> Warwick
>

Also, the pyramid was high tech. In modern times you don't hire a foriegn team to mix your secret recipe. You want to say that only Egypt could do this.