9 June, 2017 - 23:01 Theodoros Karasavvas
Was Pharaoh Akhenaten so Cruel that he Forced Children to Build his City of Amarna?
A recent investigation of Amarna’s cemeteries in Egypt has revealed new evidence that clearly shows that a “disposable” working staff was mainly composed of children and teenagers. Experts now suggest that those children provided much of the work for the city’s construction under cruel conditions.
Massive Tomb Discovered in Heretic Pharaoh Akhenaten’s City
As The Guardian reports , a team of archaeologists led by Gretchen Dabbs of Southern Illinois University studied and examined the remains of 105 individuals whose skeletons were unearthed from the North Tombs Cemetery at Amarna, the ancient city that wasn’t destined to last for too long as it was built by the ‘heretic pharaoh’ Akhenaten.
http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/was-pharaoh-akhenaten-so-cruel-he-forced-children-build-his-city-amarna-021429
