Egyptian antiquities officials mock Ben Carson's claims that pyramids
were for grain storage

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian antiquities officials on Monday scoffed at claims
by Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson that Egypt's ancient
pyramids were not built as pharaonic tombs but used to store grain.

"Does he even deserve a response? He doesn't," Antiquities Minister
Mamdouh el-Damaty told the Associated Press on the sidelines of a news
conference about recent thermal scans of the pyramids that revealed some
anomalies that could lead to new discoveries about their construction.

Carson's comments have received little attention in Egypt, where people
are accustomed to accepted expert views about the 4,500-year-old
structures, but have drawn interest in the United States where the
retired neurosurgeon has jumped to the top of the crowded Republican
presidential field.

Last week, Carson stood by his belief that Egypt's great pyramids were
built by the Biblical figure Joseph to store grain, an assertion
dismissed by experts who say its accepted science that they were tombs
for pharaohs.

Mahmoud Afifi, the head of the Ancient Egyptian Antiquities Sector at
the Antiquities Ministr,y said Carson's comments are similar to other
inaccurate theories about the pyramids, including that those that say
they were built by Atlanteans from a mythical lost continent.

"A lot of people are trying to prove that the pyramids weren't built for
burials," said Afifi. "Maybe they're comments used for publicity like
that man who's not an archaeologist and says they stored grain, and I
don't know what that was based on."

Video posted online Wednesday by Buzzfeed News shows Carson explaining
his theory 17 years ago at a Michigan college affiliated with his
Seventh-day Adventist Church.

In the video, Carson says: "My own personal theory is that Joseph built
the pyramids in order to store grain." He was referring to the Old
Testament story of Joseph predicting famine and advising the pharaoh to
store surplus food.

Carson said that's more likely than the accepted archaeological
conclusion that the massive structures were built as tombs for pharaohs.
At a book signing Thursday in Florida, Carson stood by his statement.

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Carson is the doof of doofs...

Keyser Söze wrote:
Egyptian antiquities officials mock Ben Carson's claims that pyramids
were for grain storage

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian antiquities officials on Monday scoffed at claims
by Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson that Egypt's ancient
pyramids were not built as pharaonic tombs but used to store grain.

"Does he even deserve a response? He doesn't," Antiquities Minister
Mamdouh el-Damaty told the Associated Press on the sidelines of a news
conference about recent thermal scans of the pyramids that revealed some
anomalies that could lead to new discoveries about their construction.

Carson's comments have received little attention in Egypt, where people
are accustomed to accepted expert views about the 4,500-year-old
structures, but have drawn interest in the United States where the
retired neurosurgeon has jumped to the top of the crowded Republican
presidential field.

Last week, Carson stood by his belief that Egypt's great pyramids were
built by the Biblical figure Joseph to store grain, an assertion
dismissed by experts who say its accepted science that they were tombs
for pharaohs.

Mahmoud Afifi, the head of the Ancient Egyptian Antiquities Sector at
the Antiquities Ministr,y said Carson's comments are similar to other
inaccurate theories about the pyramids, including that those that say
they were built by Atlanteans from a mythical lost continent.

"A lot of people are trying to prove that the pyramids weren't built for
burials," said Afifi. "Maybe they're comments used for publicity like
that man who's not an archaeologist and says they stored grain, and I
don't know what that was based on."

Video posted online Wednesday by Buzzfeed News shows Carson explaining
his theory 17 years ago at a Michigan college affiliated with his
Seventh-day Adventist Church.

In the video, Carson says: "My own personal theory is that Joseph built
the pyramids in order to store grain." He was referring to the Old
Testament story of Joseph predicting famine and advising the pharaoh to
store surplus food.

Carson said that's more likely than the accepted archaeological
conclusion that the massive structures were built as tombs for pharaohs.
At a book signing Thursday in Florida, Carson stood by his statement.

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Carson is the doof of doofs...


He'll, he tells less lies than you, and your love Hillary.