3,200-year-old Egyptian tablet records excuses for why people missed work

Post by dleslie » Tue, Apr 26, 2022, 10:30 PM UTC

gregcrv wrote: post #250

dleslie wrote: post #237

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> (The bosses probably talked about how back in the day when their ancestors built the pyramids, workers were much tougher and dedicated) They likely didn't. The Egyptians recorded many things, including excuses for missing work, with incredible detail. They never once recorded how they built the pyramids. Either religious/spiritual/ritualistic reasons prevented them from doing so, or they didn't build them. Either w…

This is not true. https://www.history.com/news/egypts-oldest-papyri-detail-gre... There are plenty or records about the pyramid constructions, it was also proven that they were built by a paid voluntary workforce rather than slaves like most people believe.

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Apr 26, 2022, 10:31 PM UTC

dleslie wrote: post #237

jbandela1 wrote: post #112

As an aside, a lot of people are joking about the pyramids. However, 3200 years ago is 1200 BC which is New Kingdom. The pyramids were built in the Old Kingdom. When these workers were complaining, the Great Pyramid was already 1000 years old. (The bosses probably talked about how back in the day when their ancestors built the pyramids, workers were much tougher and dedicated)

> (The bosses probably talked about how back in the day when their ancestors built the pyramids, workers were much tougher and dedicated) They likely didn't. The Egyptians recorded many things, including excuses for missing work, with incredible detail. They never once recorded how they built the pyramids. Either religious/spiritual/ritualistic reasons prevented them from doing so, or they didn't build them. Either w…

Post by Ancalagon » Tue, Apr 26, 2022, 10:44 PM UTC

ducttapecrown wrote: post #256

jetbooster wrote: post #254

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She can't have been that far away, didn't she live in Egypt? I'm fairly sure the moon is always further away

I'm pretty sure the poster above you is referring to the differences between the number of letters in the following words: "CLEOPATRA" is closer to "MOON LANDING" than "THE BUILDING OF THE PYRAMIDS". Actually its the distance in time.

Post by SiempreViernes » Tue, Apr 26, 2022, 10:51 PM UTC

jetbooster wrote: post #254

kogus wrote: post #217

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Cleopatra was closer to the moon landings them to the building of the pyramids!

She can't have been that far away, didn't she live in Egypt? I'm fairly sure the moon is always further away

Post by james-skemp » Tue, Apr 26, 2022, 10:56 PM UTC

spiralx wrote: post #223

jamesfisher wrote: post #198

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cat excuses | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn 67 ILL 49 WITH HIS BOSS 17 BREWING BEER 13 WITH AAPEHTI 8 WITH THE SCRIBE 6 MAKING REMEDIES FOR THE SCRIBE’S WIFE 5 WRAPPING (THE CORPSE OF) HIS MOTHER 5 OFFERING TO THE GOD 5 HIS WIFE WAS BLEEDING 5 FETCHING STONE FOR THE SCRIBE 4 WITH KHONS MAKING REMEDIES 4 SUFFERING WITH HIS EYE 4 OFF ABSENT 4 HIS DAUGHTER WAS BLEEDING 3 WITH HOREMWIA 3 WITH HIS BOSS DITTO 3 LIBATING TO HIS…

A lot of those are related to death: 5 WRAPPING (THE CORPSE OF) HIS MOTHER 2 WRAPPING (THE CORPSE OF) HIS SON 1 EMBALMING HORMOSE 1 EMBALMING HIS BROTHER 1 MOURNING HIS SON 3 LIBATING TO HIS FATHER 13 and I suspect most of these: 8 WITH THE SCRIBE 1 OFF ABSENT WITH THE SCRIBE 5 FETCHING STONE FOR THE SCRIBE 2 FETCHING STONE FOR QENHERKHEPSHEF 1 LIBATING FOR HIS SON 1 LIBATING FOR HIM 1 LIBATING 2 BURYING THE GOD 21 a…