Pyramid Builders Weren’t Slaves. So What Did They Do After Work?

Were the pyramids really built by slaves? The archaeological evidence says no, and what the pyramid workers did after their shift is the most surprising part. 4,500 years ago on the Giza Plateau, a stonemason clocked out after a day of hauling stone up the Great Pyramid of Khufu. In this animated history video, we follow him home using real discoveries: the lost workers' town behind the Wall of the Crow (Heit el-Ghurab), the oldest bakeries ever found in Egypt, 175,000 animal bones showing the town went through about 4,000 pounds of meat a day, crew nicknames painted inside the pyramid like "Friends of Khufu," and a workers' cemetery where broken bones were set and healed. Chapters: 0:00 You clocked out today 1:02 The lost town of the pyramid builders 2:08 The oldest bakeries in Egypt 2:37 Paid in bread, not money 3:12 4,000 pounds of meat a day 4:28 The graffiti hidden inside the Great Pyramid 5:49 What happened when a worker got hurt 7:25 How many people really built the pyramids? 8:18 Not slaves, not employees 9:07 Who gets to remember your name Based on research by archaeologist Mark Lehner, Dr. Zahi Hawass and zooarchaeologist Richard Redding. Subscribe for more animated stories about what life was really like for ordinary people in history. #history #pyramids #ancientegypt #archaeology #historymyths #AnimatedHistory #giza