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[–] CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Apparently, Giza had 20,000 laborers in addition to 16,000 support staff working on the pyramid over 20 to 30 years.

The California High Speed Rail is the only thing comparable in the USA and that has only required 15,000 jobs since 2015.

[–] deranger@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The difference is the pyramids exist

[–] CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Just need another 21,000 people working on it

[–] Saleh@feddit.org 1 points 20 hours ago

Still a better outcome to worker ratio,