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6. Egyptian workers were known to organize labor strikes.
古埃及工人会组织罢工
Even though they regarded the pharaoh as a kind of living god, Egyptian workers were not afraid to protest for better working conditions.
在古埃及，尽管法老是工人们心中永活的神，但工人并不会因为害怕触犯法老而停止对工作环境的追求。
The most famous example came in the 12th century B.C. during the reign of the New Kingdom pharaoh Ramses III. When laborers engaged in building the royal necropolis at Deir el-Medina did not receive their usual payment of grain, they organized one of the first recorded strikes in history.
最好的例证莫过于公元前12世纪的大罢工，当时正值拉美西斯三世上位期间，工人们在修建位于德尔麦迪娜（Deir el-Medina）的皇家陵墓时，因未能得到与往常等量的粮食作为报酬，他们愤而组织了一起史无前例的罢工运动。
The protest took the form of a sit-in: The workers simply entered nearby mortuary temples and refused to leave until their grievances were heard. The gamble worked, and the laborers were eventually given their overdue rations.
罢工的工人不工作，只是纷纷走进附近的祭庙，在里面打坐，并且拒绝离开，除非他们不公待遇的申诉得以受理。最终，工人们如愿得到了自己被克扣的粮食。在这场争取权利的赌注中，他们赢了。
