In fact, one of the first recorded instances of a general strike by workers happened in ancient Egypt.
https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1089/the-first-labor-strike-in-history/
In fact, one of the first recorded instances of a general strike by workers happened in ancient Egypt.
https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1089/the-first-labor-strike-in-history/
Herodotus explained how it was built in The Histories.
Aside from the racial subtext in the leading questions of "how could these non-white people have built this" I think it is also forgotten that before Nasser and the Soviets built the Aswan Dam the whole Nile valley was flooded for 3 or 4 months a year leaving farmers with nothing to do - perfect time to put them to work.
Ancient Keynesianism