They weren't made using slave labor, and actually the workers were paid quite well. Those mega projects were actually a way for the Egyptian government to redistribute their wealth to the citizenry while improving their country, not unlike the federal highway project. The Egyptians recognized that if they sat on their wealth then it would eventually cause the local economy to become illiquid and so decided to pump currency back into the system that way.
I see both claims a lot but never see anyone post evidence to back up either. So far as I know, the only historical documentation supporting the slave theory is the Bible itself. I have never seen any contemporary documents saying the workers were well paid free men, and have long held a suspicion that the whole theory is just another means to discredit the Bible's truth.
Ahh you're one of those guys. The Bible isn't "the truth", it's a collection of oral history and philosophy that is in no way accurate. There is no evidence of Jews ever being in Egypt, let alone slaves. The Bible says that, but you would expect some evidence for it since Egypt is the most studied place in the world. Please realize that your religion is not truth, it's simply a book of philosophy that is inaccurate at best. That doesn't mean the gist of it is false (i.e. the existence of God), but the details are not (e.g there was never a great flood; that story actually comes from the Sumerians and was adopted by the Jews).
They weren't made using slave labor, and actually the workers were paid quite well. Those mega projects were actually a way for the Egyptian government to redistribute their wealth to the citizenry while improving their country, not unlike the federal highway project. The Egyptians recognized that if they sat on their wealth then it would eventually cause the local economy to become illiquid and so decided to pump currency back into the system that way.
I see both claims a lot but never see anyone post evidence to back up either. So far as I know, the only historical documentation supporting the slave theory is the Bible itself. I have never seen any contemporary documents saying the workers were well paid free men, and have long held a suspicion that the whole theory is just another means to discredit the Bible's truth.
Ahh you're one of those guys. The Bible isn't "the truth", it's a collection of oral history and philosophy that is in no way accurate. There is no evidence of Jews ever being in Egypt, let alone slaves. The Bible says that, but you would expect some evidence for it since Egypt is the most studied place in the world. Please realize that your religion is not truth, it's simply a book of philosophy that is inaccurate at best. That doesn't mean the gist of it is false (i.e. the existence of God), but the details are not (e.g there was never a great flood; that story actually comes from the Sumerians and was adopted by the Jews).
And my point stands. Still no evidence to support the "well paid free men" claim.