My earlier post on this subject
1984 Results. The 1984 radiocarbon dates from monuments spanning Dynasty 3 (Djoser) to late Dynasty 5 (Unas), averaged 374 years older than the
Cambridge Ancient History dates of the kings with whom the pyramids are identified. In spite of this discrepancy, the radiocarbon dates confirmed that
the Great Pyramid belonged to the historical era studied by Egyptologists. In dealing with the 374-year discrepancy, we had to consider the old wood
problem. In 1984 we thought it was unlikely that the pyramid builders consistently used centuries-old Egyptian wood as fuel in preparing mortar.
Ancient Egypt's population was compressed in the narrow confines of the Nile Valley with a tree cover, we assumed, that was sparse compared to less
arid lands. We expected that by the pyramid age the Egyptians had been intensively exploiting wood for fuel for a long time and that old trees had
been harvested long before. The 1984 results left us with too little data to conclude that the historical chronology of the Old Kingdom was in error
by nearly 400 years, but we considered this at least a possibility. Alternatively, if our radiocarbon age estimations were in error for some reason,
we had to assume that many other dates obtained from Egyptian materials were also suspect. This prompted a second, larger study.
The 1995 Project. During 1995 samples were collected from the Dynasty 1 tombs at Saqqara to the Djoser pyramid, the Giza Pyramids, and a selection of
Dynasty 5 and 6 and Middle Kingdom pyramids. Samples were also taken from our excavations at Giza where two largely intact bakeries were discovered in
1991. The calibrated dates from the 1995 Old Kingdom pyramid samples tended to be 100 to 200 years older than the historical dates for the respective
kings and about 200 years younger than our 1984 dates. The number of dates from both 1984 and 1995 was only large enough to allow for statistical
comparisons for the pyramids of Djoser, Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure. There are two striking results. First, there are significant discrepancies
between 1984 and 1995 dates for Khufu and Khafre, but not for Djoser and Menkaure. Second, the 1995 dates are scattered, varying widely even for a
single monument. For Khufu, they scatter over a range of about 400 years. By contrast, we have fair agreement between our historical dates, previous
radiocarbon dates, and our radiocarbon dates on reed for the Dynasty 1 tombs at North Saqqara. We also have fair agreement between our radiocarbon
dates and historical dates for the Middle Kingdom. Eight calibrated dates on straw from the pyramid of Senwosret II ranged from 103 years older to 78
years younger than the historical dates for his reign, with four dates off by only 30, 24, 14, and three years. Significantly, the older date was on
Absolute dating from Egyptian Records and comparison
and Carbon-14 dating
Radiocarbon dates of old and middle kingdom monuments in egypt
So what evidence do you have of an age older than 2600 BC?
Some questions to ponder, world-wide outsiders moving into an area with existing structures - always give them names and status as "from the early
one or the gods, the Egyptians didn't do this, why?
Why did the people in the workers village feel they were making pyramids?
Why did the Egyptians build large mortuary temples based around these (and all other pyramids)?
Why is there no trace of a large advanced civilization on the Giza Plateau- except the Egyptians? Why is there no evidence of an advanced civilization
anywhere in the Nile valley? Why is there no evidence of an advance civilization anywhere else in the world?
Why did the Egyptians tell the Greeks they build the pyramids? Why not say the gods made it as a gift for us?
Why is the rubble from limestone quarring mixed with cultural debris from the associated Egyptian culture-and no other?
Why is the limestone at the top of the pyramids similar in structure to the limestone from the bottom (the last cut) quarries [the limestone comes in
bands of various quality and is easy to ID, you can see this banding quite clearly on the Sphinx].
How did the writing inside the pyramids come to be there, if not from the orginal builders?