Pyramid work and organization
Once housed and fed, workers were ready to work on the pyramids. Archaeologists found writing on worker’s tombs from later in the construction period detailing the division of labor. Temple Labor units were divided into five divisions, called ‘phyles.‘
Phyles of around 200 workers labored under a project leader’s direction, and these phyles further split into two divisions. Some teams, such as boat-crews and tomb decorators were split further into ‘left-side’ and ‘right side’ crews. This evidence indicates there was a “rotating labor force in a modular, team-based kind of organization” that allowed reasonable oversight of specific elements of the project.
