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CONTROVERSY AT GIZA! The Great Pyramid's cost overruns outrage the nomarchs

Crisis on the plateau: Local governors decry the drain on resources while Pharaoh Khufu insists on a project 'for eternity.' We venture into the Workers' City to find out whether the Balm of Anubis is enough to soothe tempers.

Por Neferet

Con un acceso sin precedentes a los archivos del Chaty, Neferet traduce los complejos edictos reales en noticias que el pueblo puede entender. Nadie maneja el papiro con tanta precisión quirúrgica. {en}With unprecedented access to the Vizier's archives, Neferet translates complex royal edicts into news the people can understand. Nobody handles papyrus with such surgical precision.{/en}

21 febrero 2026 · 2 min read

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Circa 2560 B.C. (Reign of Khufu)

MEMPHIS – Construction of Khufu's Horizon (the Great Pyramid) enters its final phase, but not without controversy. What the Pharaoh announced as a "national project of unity" has become a logistical and economic challenge that is draining the grain reserves of the royal granaries.

Politics: Taxes on the Nile

The governors of the southern provinces (the nomarchs) have privately voiced their grievances over the increased quota of workers they must send during the flood season. "My men should be repairing canals, not hauling limestone from Tura," declared an anonymous source close to the court. From the palace of Memphis, however, the vizier Hemiunu insists the budget is under control and that the work is the greatest job creator in history.

Science and DIY: The secret of the ramps

Our correspondent has managed to slip into the construction site. The technological display is overwhelming: the use of internal ramps and a system of wooden pulleys never seen before. The engineers maintain that the precision is such that not even a sheet of papyrus will fit between the granite blocks. "It is a work for eternity; the costs are secondary when it concerns the rest of a God," states Hemiunu.

FORBIDDEN TECHNOLOGY: Our correspondent captures the exact moment a crew positions a granite block using the controversial and costly internal-ramp system.

Society: The "Workers' City" is a success

Not everything is criticism. The new settlement for the builders offers daily rations of top-quality beer, ox meat and free medical care for fractures. It is, quite possibly, the neighborhood with the best healthcare coverage in the ancient world.