"No Jews built the pyramids because Jews didn't exist at the period when the pyramids were built," Mazar said.
Dorothy Resig, an editor of Biblical Archaeology Review in Washington DC, said the idea probably arose from the Old Testament Book of Exodus, which says: "So the Egyptians enslaved the children of Israel with backbreaking labour" and the Pharaoh put them to work to build buildings.
"If the Hebrews built anything, then it was the city of Ramses as mentioned in Exodus," said Mazar.
I believe that’s a much better response than slamming the idea that Israelite slavery existed at all.
Weren’t the larger pyramids dating back as far as 2,000bc anyway? (Actually I just looked it up. The Egyptian hay day of Pyramid building started around 2,700 bc and lasted about 1,000 years, until about 1,700 bc.)
I appreciate the response. I read too much into the pyramid/Israelite connection as it relates to the slavery Biblical accounts (issue).
No Muslim wants a Jew to lay claim to building their pyramids. That’s what this is all about. Of course, that the Egyptians weren’t Muslims is lost on them, but race baiting is like horseshoes.