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To: sparklite2
I never really thought about it and think they had to have been built for other reasons than just grain storage.

How would we know how much room was inside if it weren't for robbers and modern archaeology? Is there some ancient record (apart from Joseph's slavery in Egypt in the Old Testament)?

BTW, it is interesting that this story is getting such widespread coverage. There seems to be some tradition of storage I was unaware of.

I wish I knew how they hauled and raised those blocks. If there was a facing, I wonder what they looked like before it all came down or was taken down, if it is true.

20 posted on 11/06/2015 6:56:04 PM PST by Aliska
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To: Aliska

Almost all of those questions have actual real answers. And not just speculation, but historical records of when the pyramids were built, for what purpose, what the limestone surfacing looked like, the golden top stones, etc.

The Bible clearly states that Joseph stored the harvest from the seven abundant years in storehouses in the cities near the fields they were grown.

There has been a tradition that he built giant storehouses, and some through history have believed that the pyramids were what he built, but that isn’t biblical, it isn’t supported by historical writings, and it isn’t supported by archeology.


24 posted on 11/06/2015 7:07:34 PM PST by Anitius Severinus Boethius (www.wilsonharpbooks.com - Sign up for my new release e-mail and get my first novel for free)
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To: Aliska

The pyramids are made out of concrete.

http://www.geopolymer.org/archaeology/pyramids/are-pyramids-made-out-of-concrete-1/


46 posted on 11/06/2015 7:56:36 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Aliska

Where are the pyramids mentioned in the Bible? I just searched through several different versions in the youversion app, and find no mention of the word.


58 posted on 11/06/2015 9:01:10 PM PST by zeugma (Teach your child a love for motorcycles, and he'll never have money for drugs.)
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