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Hello, my name is Amosis. My name is Egyptian, and it means child of the moon. I was born and raised in a village along the Nile River in Egypt. Both of my parents are farmers, who grow wheat, and barley. I am 18-year-old young man and like my parents I have a hard life ahead of me. I was hired by the Pharoah Khufu to work on the Great Pyramid of Giza. I am smart, and excellent at math, but also strong, and able to lift heavy things do to growing up on a farm. Most pyramid workers only have a life expectancy of 30-35 years old. Due to the hard life, of lifting, and pulling heavy stone for long periods of time. It weighs on the body and cause many health problems. Heath problems like wearing down bones, and bad backs. I have many colleagues over 25,000 other workers, that work alongside me at one time. Some are skilled in math, and architecture like me, and others are not. Some are farmers given a job after the floods of the Nile River in the summer that take away all the farmers crops, and income. Others are paying of their own debts by working on the pyramid. There are about 5,000 full time workers, and 20,000 part-time workers that work in monthly shifts. In my journal I will take you through my life as a pyramid worker, and the life living in the laborer neighborhood. I will write about the joys of the Wag Festival, dinner parties with my friend, and pyramid crew, and lastly write about the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza, and the Great Sphinx of Giza. My journey working as a pyramid worker begins in 2550 BC in the city great city of Giza.