New tombs found in Giza support the view that the Great Pyramids were built by free workers and not slaves, as widely believed, Egypt's chief archaeologist said on Sunday.

"The world simply could not believe the pyramids were built without oppression and forced labour, but out of loyalty to the pharaohs." Hawass said the builders came from poor Egyptian families and ...

Cairo - Who built the pyramids? Slaves, as Hollywood's version would have it? Jewish slaves, as an Israeli prime minister famously remarked? Neither, say Egyptian archaeologists, who on Monday ...

Bones, believed to belong to pyramid builders, in a tomb near the site of the Great Pyramids in Giza, Egypt. ((Amr Nabil/Associated Press)) Egypt displayed on Monday newly discovered tombs more ...

Pyramids 'not built by slaves' Egypt's chief archaeologist said new tombs found in Giza support the view that the Great Pyramids were built by free workers and not slaves, as widely believed. By ...

In fact, archaeologists have never found evidence for the Biblical tales that the Israeli people were imprisoned in Egypt. And even if the Jewish people were imprisoned in Egypt, it’s extremely ...

New tombs found in Giza support the view that the Great Pyramids were built by free workers and not slaves, as widely believed, Egypt's chief archaeologist said on Sunday.

CAIRO -- Egyptian archaeologists discovered a new set of tombs belonging to the workers who built the great pyramids, shedding light on how the laborers lived and ate more than 4,000 years ago ...

Who Built the Egyptian Pyramids? Not Slaves Pyramid workers were paid locals. Yet historical narratives and Hollywood films have made many believe the Jews built the pyramids while enslaved in Egypt.