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[โ€“] marcos@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

What kept the pharaohs in power was crop management and public infrastructure. The pyramids were much closer to public work to combat unemploynent than some power tool.

[โ€“] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

The pharohs certainly did make their slaves believe they controlled the weather with their brainwashing and the priests were more than happy to help him with their astronomical studies, seeing as they made that pharoah a god by doing so and benefiting from it as such