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Essay:Greatest Myths of World History (view source)
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We now know that although some of the laborers were conscripts or prisoners of war, most of the laborers were free men.<ref>"Some of the builders were permanent employees of the pharaoh. Others were conscripted for a limited time from local villages." [http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pyramids/pyramids.html National Geographic]</ref>
We now know that although some of the laborers were conscripts or prisoners of war, most of the laborers were free men.<ref>"Some of the builders were permanent employees of the pharaoh. Others were conscripted for a limited time from local villages." [http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pyramids/pyramids.html National Geographic]</ref>
Most of the men who worked on the pyramids were farmers or farm laborers. In the summer, when the Nile flooded and farm work was impossible, they found work as builders.
Most of the men who worked on the pyramids were farmers or farm laborers. In the summer, when the Nile flooded and farm work was impossible, they found work as builders.
===Ordeal by water===
According to an anti-Christian myth, the medieval Catholic Church employed a trial to test potential witches by sinking them in water. If they floated, they were guilty, if they drowned, they were innocent. While the ordeal by water did exist, it was used to test potential criminals in general, rather than specifically witches<ref>[http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/ordeals1.html]</ref> and the accused were pulled out of the water before they drowned. The ordeal was mostly based on Germanic paganism and was in fact opposed by the Catholic Church.<ref>Fourth Lateran Council. Canon 18: [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/lateran4.html]</ref>
===Columbus sets out to discover America===
===Columbus sets out to discover America===