Joseph then fed Egypt and the rest of the world during the seven-year famine that followed. “Now, my own personal theory is that Joseph built the pyramids to store grain,” Carson continued.

“My own personal theory is that Joseph ... of Egypt during a famine. Correction: An earlier version of this story stated the Book of Genesis refers to Joseph building pyramids to store grain.

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson on Thursday stood by his belief that Egypt’s great pyramids were built by the biblical figure Joseph to store grain, an assertion dismissed by ...

In the Old Testament, Joseph is sold into slavery in Egypt by his brothers, where he later interprets a pharaoh's dreams and helps the Egyptians survive a seven-year famine - by storing grain.

US presidential hopeful Ben Carson has said Egypt's pyramids were built by the biblical Joseph to store grain and were not, as archaeologists believe, tombs for pharaohs. The retired neurosurgeon ...

“My own personal theory is that Joseph ... of Egypt during a famine. Correction: An earlier version of this story stated the Book of Genesis refers to Joseph building pyramids to store grain.

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson says it’s still his belief that the great pyramids in Egypt were built by the Biblical figure Joseph to store grain and not as tombs for pharaohs.

In the Old Testament, Joseph is sold into slavery in Egypt by his brothers, where he later interprets a pharaoh's dreams and helps the Egyptians survive a seven-year famine - by storing grain.