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The author concludes that the early Egyptian pharoahs’ spending on ceremonial architecture was not frivolous. In other words, there was a practical reason for it. They engaged in this kind of spending because it might have helped maintain the loyalty of the masses without needing to use the military to control them.
The referenced text is the conclusion of the argument. It’s the author’s assessment of whether the pharoahs’ spending had a practical use.
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