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==What other evidence is there that the Israelites lived in Egypt?== | ==What other evidence is there that the Israelites lived in Egypt?== | ||
[[File:DSC04562.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The exposed mudbricks in the core of the Amenemhet III pyramid at Hawara. The limestone veneer has fallen away exposing the core of mudbricks. It is over 3450 years old. It has been relatively well preserved because of the low rainfall in this part of Egypt.]] | |||
[[File:DSC04629.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Closeup showing bricks of Amenemhet III pyramid at Hawara]] | |||
The Bible says that the Israelites were enslaved by a pharaoh who knew not Joseph and were cruely treated and made to make mud bricks. | The Bible says that the Israelites were enslaved by a pharaoh who knew not Joseph and were cruely treated and made to make mud bricks. | ||
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The pyramids of the 12th dynasty and the labyrinth would have contained millions upon millions of mud bricks. While mud bricks were a common building material, the pyramids and the Labyrinth were exceptional in that they would have required a very large work force to produce the mud bricks, let a lone assemble them into a pyramid and face them with limestone (quite a feat in itself). | The pyramids of the 12th dynasty and the labyrinth would have contained millions upon millions of mud bricks. While mud bricks were a common building material, the pyramids and the Labyrinth were exceptional in that they would have required a very large work force to produce the mud bricks, let a lone assemble them into a pyramid and face them with limestone (quite a feat in itself). | ||
If the Exodus of the Israelites occurred early in the 13th dynasty, then the Israelites would be the best candidate to be the slaves that produced the mud bricks for the 12th dynasty pyramids and the Labyrinth. The Bible itself tells us that the Israelites were enslaved by the Egyptians and forced to produced mud bricks reinforced with straw. ({{Bible ref|book=Exodus|chap=1|verses=11-14}} {{Bible ref|book=Exodus|chap=2|verses=23}} {{Bible ref|book=Exodus|chap=5|verses=1-21}}) | If the Exodus of the Israelites occurred early in the 13th dynasty, then the Israelites would be the best candidate to be the slaves that produced the mud bricks for the 12th dynasty pyramids and the Labyrinth. The Bible itself tells us that the Israelites were enslaved by the Egyptians and forced to produced mud bricks reinforced with straw. ({{Bible ref|book=Exodus|chap=1|verses=11-14}} {{Bible ref|book=Exodus|chap=2|verses=23}} {{Bible ref|book=Exodus|chap=5|verses=1-21}}) | ||
