The British Museum houses a tablet which provides a peek into work-life balance in ancient Egypt. It documents the number of sick days and why 40 workers took time off from their workplace in 1250 BC. All sorts of fascinating reasons have been given for why people were away from their work, including a note about someone named Buqentuf, who needed time off for
It's a bit hard to believe that they would think to carve such details into stone, but maybe they did. But also makes you think how otherwise such an odd artifact might have come to be. Hmmm.
Very interesting article.
It never occurred to me that people in ancient times had to request time off work. Interesting.
It's a bit hard to believe that they would think to carve such details into stone, but maybe they did. But also makes you think how otherwise such an odd artifact might have come to be. Hmmm.