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Questions about Egypt

Can you tell me about slavery in ancient Egypt?

Dr. dig responds:
Slavery, in fact, was extremely rare in ancient Egypt, contrary to what many might think. What slaves there were, were largely foreigners captured in war, and even they were permitted to own land and farm it. We know very little about slavery in Egyptian times, because slavery hardly existed.


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