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    Although not mummified, they had been buried in mudbrick tombs with beer and bread to support them in the afterlife. The tombs’ proximity to the pyramids and the manner of burial supports the theory that they were paid laborers who took pride in their work and were not slaves, as was previously thought. Evidence from the tombs indicates that a workforce of 10,000 laborers working in three-month shifts took around 30 years to build a pyramid. Most of the workers appear to have come from poor families. Specialists such as architects, masons, metalworkers, and carpenters were permanently employed by the king to fill positions that required the most skill.

    IMHO the comic still applies to the present. Heck, even more now I read that.