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              Many scholars think that farmers and villagers were



                                                 n.
                                                     the work a person does
                                                  labor
       paid for their labor or worked to pay their taxes. Some

       talented stonemasons and laborers may have worked all




       year long. Archaeological evidence



       suggests that the construction




       of the Great Pyramid



       took about 23 years.


















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