White powdered workers?
Can someone explain what those slaves/workers were doing that causes them to be covered with all that white powder/dust?
shareDoes it mark them as ones infected with some disease? They seemed to be weak, thin, very dejected, and no one wanted to acknowledge them within their own tribe. Then when the hero is first escaping, he runs through all those dead bodies--were they covered in dust or just dead? Sorry to just have more questions! ;)
shareI believe the white dust was lime.
shareThey were workers
covered in their working material
They were slaves building a new temple made from lime. The dust was the limestone building material. They were breathing it in and it was killing them which is why they showed the guy coughing up blood like that. But them being slaves they were expendable and easily replaced.
Being a slave in ancient times was one of the worst existences known to man. They were forced to do only the worst and most dangerous jobs and if they disobeyed in the slightest they were killed with no compunction.