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They had thousands of slaves.

Were they slaves? I've often seen reference that they were citizens working on the pyramid as payment of taxes in the form of manual labour, add to that your boss and the building were being built for, who to them was, a God.

I'd say whatever the most simple explanation is the answer I could see either rubble or ramps.

They were slaves. Calling them something else doesn't make them less exploited.

The pyramids were actually not built by slaves. There's quite a bit of evidence that would suggest this.

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