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The Israelites had been in Egypt for 430-80=350 years and had been forced into slavery for about 150 years since the start of the 12th dynasty. | The Israelites had been in Egypt for 430-80=350 years and had been forced into slavery for about 150 years since the start of the 12th dynasty. | ||
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. Both of his pyramids were constructed with a core that contained millions upon millions of mud bricks (as was the case for all the pyramids of the 12th dynasty). The labyrinth was a mortuary building that had over one thousand rooms. It was also build from mud bricks and was equal in grandeur to the pyramids themselves. | ||
The Israelites now numbered around 2 million and the Bible says that their chief occupation was making mud bricks for the Pharaoh. | 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. | 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. | ||
The thirteenth dynasty was only a short dynasty but there was a quick succession of Pharaohs. [[Neferhotep I]] was the longest ruling pharaoh of that dynasty, ruling 11 yrs. His body was never found. As the save village at [[Kahun]] was occupied up until the time of [[Neferhotep I]] and Neferhotep I ruled 20 to 30 years after the end of the 12th dynasty, it is likely that [[Neferhotep I]] was the Exodus Pharaoh whom Moses confronted when he returned from Exile. | |||
There was a large Exodus of slaves during the reign of [[Neferhotep I]] according to [[Petrie]]. So it is quite likely that these slaves were the Israelite slaves, particularly if they had been given the task of making mud bricks for the 12th dynasty pyramids. | |||
The 6th pharaoh of the 12th dynasty [[Amenemhet III]], the last to construct any pyramids, constructed 2 mud brick pyramids and the labyrinth. He reigned for 46 yrs and so he was reigning long enough to have seen Moses adopted by his daughter and reach 40 years of age. | |||
== 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? == | ||
