Pedantic question in watching "Abe Lincoln: Vamp Hunter"

[closeupready]

lol

Did Jewish slaves build the pyramids?

We all know that Jews were enslaved in Egypt, but I did NOT know (if true) that this time period covered the building of the pyramids.

Anyone know?

[Tace]

1. "No Jews built the pyramids because Jews didn't exist at the period when the pyramids were built"

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Amihai Mazar, professor at the Institute of Archaeology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, says that myth stemmed from an erroneous claim by former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, on a visit to Egypt in 1977, that Jews built the pyramids.

"No Jews built the pyramids because Jews didn't exist at the period when the pyramids were built," Mazar said.

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http://www.usnews.com/science/articles/2010/01/12/egypt-new-find-shows-slaves-didnt-build-pyramids

[sarge43]

2. If there were a mass exodus of Hebrew slaves from Egypt,

it happened several centuries after the era of pyramid building. Pyramids were too easy to break into and rob the treasures that were buried with the pharaohs. This is why the pharaohs and families started using the Valley of the Kings for their internment.

Most archaeologist and historians now believe that the pyramids were built by contracted workers rather than slaves.

[CBGLuthier]

3. Most modern theories are that the pyramids were built by skilled paid laborers

that were treated very well and not slaves of any kind.