The pyramids of Egypt are amazing structures and fascinate
people today. There are about 100 altogether, some only symbolic
and small. But there are 17 great pyramids, and the size and
composition of these stagger the minds of those who visit them.
Critics use the pyramids to claim the Bible can’t be right. They
say the pyramids were built long before Noah’s Flood, so the
Flood must have only been a local affair, not global like the
Bible says. Otherwise, the pyramids would be buried under lots
of sediment. Little is known about the Pharaoh Neferhotep I
(left). Some biblical historians believe he may be the king who
persecuted the Hebrews and under whose anti-Jewish reign the
exodus occurred. His body and tomb have never been found. The
problem is with the way modern scholars have constructed their
chronology of Egypt. Manetho, an Egyptian priest, left a list of
kings and dynasties with their length of reigns, and although
inscriptions on tombs and temples give chronological
information, the issue is how to i