The Friends of the King

On the Giza Plateau about 400 meters south of the Great Sphinx. Archaeologists began to uncover this large settlement which has come to be known as the Workers' Town because it housed the laborers who built the pyramids. There are breweries, huge amounts of leavened bread which they bake into these big communal loaves called Beijah bread and enormous quantities of meat from the royal livestock pens. That's so interesting because yes you absolutely don't hear about slaves having beer and steak. That just isn't in the...