The Pyramids were constructed by free men.

The Pyramids were constructed by free men.

The latest discoveries in the Giza area have revealed tombs of the builders. The tombs are located alongside the Pyramids. According to, Dr.Zahi Hawass the location of the tombs so near the Pyramids shows that these have to be free men, as slaves cannot be buried near the Kings. Dr.Zahi Hawass says that there is evidence that the workers were well fed with 21 buffalo and 23 sheep per day being delivered for their consumption. Compared to the diet of these workmen back in their villages, they were most likely to consume only old animals whose flavour isn’t so good. In the Giza area the meat will be that of young animals. The number of animals delivered per day is enough for at least 10,000 workmen. There is graffiti on the walls describing themselves as ‘’drunkards of Khufu’’ and ‘’friends of Khufu’’ which is certainly not what slaves would describe themselves as. These highly skilled workers were free people.

The most important tomb is that of a certain man called Idu. It is a rectangular shaped structure made from mud brick with an outside casing made from mud brick and an outside casing that is plastered. The upper part of the tomb is in the shape of a vault, which corresponds to the Memphis religious tradition, is the eternal hill from which the creation of man took place. Similarly constructed tombs are also found near Pharaoh Senfru’s Pyramid. These type of tombs date back to the 4tth dynasty as a result of which is evidence that they date back to the time of Pharaoh Khufu.

The existence of these tombs isn’t very new. Dr.Mark Lehner of the Ancient Egypt Research Associates (aeraweb.org) knew about them in his flagship project; the Giza mapping Project. Please go the Ancient Egypt Research Associates (http://www.aeraweb.org/resources) and look for aeragram Volume 10 No.1 (the latest) to see their endeavours so far and a nice article on the workmen , their families and workplace colleagues and their lives. They consist of a young man from a village working in site, a man, his wife and kids and mother and a scribe. They have provided beautiful graphics of buildings and the lives which a group of these workmen and their families lived. Look from page 9. The aeragram is a pdf file.

One other thing, this discovery should help put paid to the misconceptions of those people who believe that extra-terrestrials or people from the antediluvian world or Atlantis constructed the Pyramids as well as started human civilization. Mind you they can’t make up their minds if it was Humans from Atlantis or Aliens from Atlantis or Human-Alien hybrids from Atlantis.