I was watching a show last night on Alexandria which mentioned that during the Ptolemaic the steam engine was invented, however, they had no economically practical use for it as labor was so cheap and so available.

I don't think the Egyptians would have had a problem at throwing more men at something to get a job done ...

Kat

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