Radiocarbon dating shows pyramids 100-200 years older than believed. 1984 study of 70 samples found pyramids 374 years older than expected for the 4th Dynasty 1995 study of 300+ samples found The Great Pyramid of Giza (Egypt) dated 100-200 years older than mainstream dating Medieval calibrated ages of The Great Pyramid of Giza (Egypt) are about 100-200 years older than expected
Scientific studies using radiocarbon dating found Giza pyramids may be older than traditional chronology suggests. The 1984 study of samples found Giza monuments dated 374 years older than the Cambridge Ancient History estimates for the 4th Dynasty. Results indicate radiocarbon dates of wood found within Khufu and Khafre's pyramids are several hundred years older than the pyramids' accepted ages. Results agree with earlier 1st Dynasty tombs at North Saqqara and later Middle Kingdom sites, suggesting the Old Kingdom may predate conventional estimates.
Key Facts
- 1984 study of 70 samples found pyramids 374 years older than expected for the 4th Dynasty
- 1995 study of 300+ samples found The Great Pyramid of Giza (Egypt) dated 100-200 years older than mainstream dating
- Medieval calibrated ages of The Great Pyramid of Giza (Egypt) are about 100-200 years older than expected
- Results agree with earlier 1st Dynasty tombs at North Saqqara and later Middle Kingdom sites
- Older dating would place Khufu and Khafre pyramids in the 2nd Dynasty (Egyptian Archaic Period)
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Source: Great Pyramids’ Radiocarbon Dating: An Inconvenient Truth by Curious Being