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Were pyramids built before Abraham?

Were pyramids built before Abraham? The Pyramids were there when Abraham arrived in Egypt. Some would still be constructed afterward, but the Egyptians had already mastered their craftsmanship of the design, and the Israelites manufactured Mudbrick after the time of Joseph.



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Pyramids are by far much older. The building of pyramids in Egypt started about 4600 years ago but there appears to have one built in todays Indonesia around 10 000 years ago. The Bible, as we know it, was created around AD 223 but parts of the Torah is from 1300 BC.

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Ruins That Pre-Date The Pyramids One of the main sites to discover that dates from before the pyramids is Abydos. It dates from around 7,000 years ago - thousands of years before the pyramids. Still, most of the actual ruins one will find there (like the Temple of Seti I) were built long after the pyramids.

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It was a far different world when these maps were made. Two thousand years ago, around the time that Jesus of Nazareth was born, the second Holy Temple was still standing in Jerusalem. The Great Pyramid at Giza was already 2,500 years old, but the Library of Alexandria was still around.

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It was a far different world when these maps were made. Two thousand years ago, around the time that Jesus of Nazareth was born, the second Holy Temple was still standing in Jerusalem. The Great Pyramid at Giza was already 2,500 years old, but the Library of Alexandria was still around.

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It was the Egyptians who built the pyramids. The Great Pyramid is dated with all the evidence, I'm telling you now to 4,600 years, the reign of Khufu. The Great Pyramid of Khufu is one of 104 pyramids in Egypt with superstructure. And there are 54 pyramids with substructure.

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Continuing their way southwards, the Holy family passed the Fortress of Babylon (Old Cairo, 15) and saw the pyramids of Giza. According to tradition there used to be a palm tree at Giza under which the Blessed Virgin Mary nursed Baby Jesus.

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Genesis and Exodus do not mention the pyramids or the Sphinx, they mention Pitom and Raamses. The Egyptian hieroglyphs carved in stone depict their Gods. They buried Kings with everything they need for the afterlife in great tombs (pyramids).

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Egyptologists believe the Sphinx to be approximately 4500 years old.

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