The bureaucracy enabled large-scale sculpture projects in ancient Egypt.

Evidence

To deliver our sculpture a literate, numerate and very well-oiled bureaucratic machine was essential – and that same machine was also used to manage Egypt’s international trade and to organize and equip its armies. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 350

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 350
• XREF: connects to: Egyptian pharaohs organized monumental projects through extraordinary control over their subjects. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 212