- Commonly prisoners of war.
- Not until the Middle Kingdom were there large groups of slaves in Ancient Egypt.
- In contrast to European civilizations, slaves could:
- Own land.
- Marry freeborn people.
- Employ servants.
- Does not mean total ownership.
- Found in:
- Households of Pharaohs and nobles.
- Working in mines and quarries.
- Temples.
- No evidence of them building pyramids contrary to popular belief.
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