# A rotating, provisioned Egyptian workforce of about 20,000 to 25,000 under royal officials built it during…

> Most likely: A rotating, provisioned Egyptian workforce of about 20,000 to 25,000 under royal officials built it during Khufu's reign.

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# A rotating, provisioned Egyptian workforce of about 20,000 to 25,000 under royal officials built it during…

A rotating, provisioned Egyptian workforce of about 20,000 to 25,000 under royal officials built it during Khufu's reign.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests supported it: three pieces of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- A settlement with barracks, bakeries and provisioning on an industrial scale.
- Administrative records naming the pyramid, the officials and the crews.
- Burials of workers with titles, not slave graves.

## What would rule it out

- Administrative records or settlement remains showing a different date or an unrelated workforce.

## Evidence 3 for · 1 against

[Merer's logbooks record a named crew ferrying Tura limestone to Akhet-Khufu under the vizier Ankhhaf in Year…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-pyramid/evidence/EVD0CSMNZMY1EP1/merers-logbooks-record-a-named-crew-ferrying-tura-limestone)

Established

FOR

[The Heit el-Ghurab settlement has galleries, bakeries and an administrative building with silos.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-pyramid/evidence/EVD0CSMNZWR5NHZ/the-heit-el-ghurab-settlement-has-galleries-bakeries-and-an)

Established

FOR

[The builders' cemetery holds tombs with overseers' titles and skeletons with treated injuries.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-pyramid/evidence/EVD0CSMP04J0TDH/the-builders-cemetery-holds-tombs-with-overseers-titles-and)

Established

FOR

[The settlement's sealings date it mainly to Khafre and Menkaure; Khufu's own town has not been excavated.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-pyramid/evidence/EVD0CSMP0CC36JT/the-settlements-sealings-date-it-mainly-to-khafre-and)

Supported

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

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