How Old is the Great Pyramid REALLY?
On the internet these days, one can't seem to get a straight answer on the age of the Great Pyramid of Giza, sometimes called the Pyramid of Khufu or Cheops. Egyptologists say it dates to the 4th dynasty of the Egyptian Old Kingdom, but a number of independent researchers say it is far, far older. Is there a way we can find out for sure? This video looks at the evidence.
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► REFERENCES
Carbon dating (mortar):
https://oi.uchicago.edu/sites/oi.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/shared/docs/ar/91-00/95-96/95-96_Giza.pdf
https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/radiocarbon/article/viewFile/3874/3299
Luminescence dating:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263201697_Surface_luminescence_dating_of_some_Egyptian_monuments
https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.605.8950&rep=rep1&type=pdf
Astronomical dating:
https://sci-hub.se/10.1038/35042510
https://sci-hub.se/10.1038/35089138
Mason marks:
https://www.academia.edu/9808968/Masons_Marks_upon_the_Saddle_Vault_of_the_Upper_Chamber_in_the_Pyramid_of_Khufu_GM_245_2015
Historical chronologies:
https://www.academia.edu/4161244/Hornung_Erik_Ancient_Egyptian_Chronology_Handbook_of_Oriental_Studies_I_the_Near_and_Middle_East
Carbon dating (plants) calibrated with historical chronologies:
https://sci-hub.se/10.1126/science.1189395
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rspa.2013.0395
https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199935413.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199935413-e-64
Informative video on the Khufu graffiti: https://youtu.be/9L7XnHZX0FI
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