The Great Pyramid of Giza is conventionally dated to around 2560 BC during Khufu's reign, and the evidence is genuinely impressive. Construction graffiti inside the chambers names Khufu directly, while Mark Lehner's excavation of a workers' town in the 1990s revealed bakeries, sleeping quarters, and massive food prep areas. Pierre Tallet's 2013 discovery of Merer's logbook at Wadi al-Jarf — written in year 27 of Khufu's reign — even records crews hauling white Tura limestone to Akhet Khufu. Radiocarbon dates from 1984 and 1995 ran slightly older, but Lehner's team explains this as old wood in the mortar. Pretty solid case!
Conventional dating evidence places Great Pyramid in Khufu's reign (~2560 BC)
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Key facts
- Construction graffiti naming Khufu found in pyramid chambers
- Mark Lehner's team excavated a workers' town south of the Giza plateau in the 1990s, containing bakeries, sleeping galleries, and thousands of cattle, sheep, and fish bones
- Pierre Tallet's team discovered Merer's logbook at Wadi al-Jarf on the Red Sea coast in 2013
- Merer's logbook was written in year 27 of Khufu's reign, recording crews hauling white Tura limestone to Akhet Khufu
- Radiocarbon surveys in 1984 and 1995 extracted charcoal from the pyramid's mortar
- Radiocarbon dates ran a few centuries older than expected; Lehner's team attributes the gap to old acacia and tamarisk wood
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