What religion were the slaves that built the pyramids in Egypt?

Question

I was always told they were Jewish

- a Jew

Answer 1

They were Jewish

Answer 2

There are some issues which includes your question. first of all, scientists do not study historic past yet i'm effective you keep in mind that or you'll not have revealed the following. Secondly, there are nicely over a one hundred pyramids in Egypt so it truly is complicated to generalize touching on to the composition of the complicated paintings stress although the most significant pyramids which comprise the Pyramid of Khufu were outfitted frequently by paid workers fairly than slaves. the discovery of tombs for the employees (which does no longer were outfitted for slaves) beginning contained in the ninety's has helped to debunk the parable that the Pyramids of Giza were outfitted by slaves. you could also imagine of it from a cheap/logistical standpoint in that there ought to were no way for the Egyptian authorities to receive thousands of slaves in this style of short time and pay for his or her subsistence, safeguard, and supervision. it is between the reason why slavery change into abolished contained in the 19th century because salary complicated paintings change into chanced on to be a lot more suitable solid and cheap contained in the lengthy-run.

Answer 3

Its unknown actually, we do not really know how the pyramids were built. There are theories, but there is really no major accepted explanation for how these massive pyramids just popped up in the middle of a desert in an age where the wheel was a modern invention. Not to mention the corners of the pyramids point perfectly to true north, east, west and south.

Answer 4

I'm not concentrating anymore cos it's really late, but they were probably the ancestors of the Israeli peoples. But they might not have been exclusively Hebrews. Egypt was a center of civilisation and a great kingdom in it's time - she probably had many other nations subject to her and slaves of many different people groups.

I think I read in a history book somewhere that there was a King of Egypt who sought to eradicate Semites who were populous then. (Abraham was a Semite). Can't remember the period or which King. It was just a small paragraph.

Answer 5

Many were Jewish. There were also slaves from other religions, including what we would call pagans.

When I visited Egypt, most of the Egyptians who provided us information believed that Jewish slaves were the vast majority of the work force.

Then there were also skilled laborers who weren't much better off than slaves.

Answer 6

There is a great deal of evidence that the pyramids were built by Egyptians . Much is being excavated showing where and how the workers lived . It is now believed that they were not slaves at all , but hard working Egyptians .

Answer 7

I think the pyramids pre-date the Jewish race...............

I don't know who built them, but, not the Jews..........they were slaves in Egypt but the pyramids were already there.

Answer 8

Yes there were Jewish. Moses was given the 306 Commandments that are still being followed today.
Jesus said for us to remember all of them. But how many even are aware that there are 306 Commandments?
They were Jewish before then too. Believing in God.

Answer 9

you are stupid.
Our thinking on pyramids has evolved considerably over the years. Many of us who are a bit older were taught that the pyramids were built using Jewish slave labor, which is a fabrication of immense proportions. Most of the pyramids were built long before the Jews made their appearance historically and currently, many if not most scholars believe they were not built using slave labor at all (or perhaps a nominal number of slaves).
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/pyramids.htm

Answer 10

Maybe NonFreeMasons?

Actually, they didn't receive the commandments till after Moses led them into the promised land. So technically, they were Hebrews, descendents of Abraham, but not Jewish yet by law.

Answer 11

Most of them would probably have worshipped the Egyptian gods of their masters, although some would have been captured and brought in from other lands presumably bringing their own religions with them, possibly including Judaism.