Below we can see the pyramid of Djoser. This served as a tomb for king Djoser back in 2700 BC. As you can see it does not have smooth edges, but it is made of almost stacked sections that go from a large base then decrease in size to get that almost pyramid shape.
While a watching the video on Egyptian pyramids I was interested in the way they figured out their work hours. In the video they had theses candles, and they burnt for a certain amount of time. If they worked until they were all burn out and used that means they worked the correct amount of time. If they stopped working before the candle burn itself out, it would have been considered that they did not work the correct amount of time. I like this because it showed that they were able to track some form of time even without clocks or even using the sun to tell the time of the day. I believe this idea is a bit more stress free. This is because with nowadays work spaces we almost always have a visible clock and workers constantly check it and moan and groan and just cant wait for the end of the day. The clock mocks them of how much time they have left until their day is over, so with the candle, you just work until it burns out. There is no real anticipation, that is unless you constantly look at it, at which you shouldn't be so you do not have the sense of anticipation and impatience like we do with modern day work spaces.
While a watching the video on Egyptian pyramids I was interested in the way they figured out their work hours. In the video they had theses candles, and they burnt for a certain amount of time. If they worked until they were all burn out and used that means they worked the correct amount of time. If they stopped working before the candle burn itself out, it would have been considered that they did not work the correct amount of time. I like this because it showed that they were able to track some form of time even without clocks or even using the sun to tell the time of the day. I believe this idea is a bit more stress free. This is because with nowadays work spaces we almost always have a visible clock and workers constantly check it and moan and groan and just cant wait for the end of the day. The clock mocks them of how much time they have left until their day is over, so with the candle, you just work until it burns out. There is no real anticipation, that is unless you constantly look at it, at which you shouldn't be so you do not have the sense of anticipation and impatience like we do with modern day work spaces.
The idea of using candles as a method of measuring time efficiency is brilliant. Overall I think you did a great job summarizing what we learned in class that day
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