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Amenemhet III, the 6th pharaoh of the 12 dynasty, the last pharaoh to build a great pyramid, had an ambitious building program. His first pyramid at Dashur had flawed foundations and so he built a second pyramid at Hawara. He also build the Labyrinth considered, in it's day, to be one of the great wonders of the world by Heroditis. | Amenemhet III, the 6th pharaoh of the 12 dynasty, the last pharaoh to build a great pyramid, had an ambitious building program. His first pyramid at Dashur had flawed foundations and so he built a second pyramid at Hawara. He also build the Labyrinth considered, in it's day, to be one of the great wonders of the world by Heroditis. | ||
The Israelites now numbered around 2 million and the Bible says that their chief occupation was making mud bricks for the Pharaoh. | |||
Petrie found a workers village at Kahun, not far from Hawara, where the 12th dynasty pyramids were centered. From his detailed collection of scarabs found in the village, he was able to determine that the village had been occupied from the time of Sesostris II (Senusret II) up until the time of Neferhotep I. The village appeared to have been evacuated fairly suddenly. Petrie also found numerous boxes containing the skeletons of one, two or three babies at a time. The boxes were found under the floors of the houses in the village and were left almost to commemorate the deaths hundreds of babies in the town. | |||
== Which Princess found Moses in a basket amongst the reeds of the Nile? == | == Which Princess found Moses in a basket amongst the reeds of the Nile? == | ||
