reply to post by Maddogkull
Hello Maddogskull,
New evidence says the pyramid was made in 2470 B.C, according to new research. What are your views on this??? Why would the egyptians build a
sphinx thats supposedly around 5000BC then the pyramids thousands of years later???? Wasen't the sphinx supppose to guard the pyramids? What do you
guys think about this????
SC: The C14 dating of the carbon within the gypsum mortar of the GP supports (within a few hundred years) the orthodox dating for the construction of
the Great Pyramid. Some, however, hold that such carbon was merely the result of repair work by Khufu to the Great Pyramid. What I personally find
curious is that the wooden beams within the descending passage of the GP and within the chambers of the Red Pyramid and Meidum have not been tested.
Certainly the wooden beams in the chambers of the Red and at Meidum could have been replaced in recent times but not the beam in the descending
passage of the Great Pyramid since there is simply no turning room - this beam was set in place during construction. As far as I am presently aware,
none of these wooden beams have ever been C14 dated or, if they have, the results have never been made public.
As for the Sphinx - there is a growing view among geologists and others that the Sphinx does indeed predate the Pyramids at Giza. By how much,
however, is open to question.
The famous
Inventory Stelle tells us that "Khufu ordered the construction of a monument to the length of the Sphinx". Okay - the
Inventory Stelle post-dates Khufu by some 2,000 years and many orthodox folks regard it as unreliable on the basis that it was written long
after the events it describes. This does not, however, prevent the very same folks from holding up the partial inscription of Khafre's name on the
Dream Stelle as proof of Khafre's hand in constructing the Sphinx, even though this was written about 1,000 years after the events it
describes. It seems that 1,000 years is acceptable but 2,000 years is not. Go figure.
(BTW - a curious fact of the length of the Great Pyramid is that it is precisely 3.14 (Pi) x the length of the Sphinx).
Now, further evidence in support that the Sphinx predates the Giza Pyramids comes from the very conservative Geologist, Colin Reader, who writes:
When considered in terms of the hydrology of the site, the distribution of degradation within the Sphinx enclosure indicates that the
excavation of the Sphinx and the original construction of the Sphinx temple, pre-date Khufu's early Fourth Dynasty development at Giza. The spatial
relationships between "Khafre's" causeway, the Sphinx and Khufu's quarries provides additional evidence that the causeway and the Sphinx were
constructed some time before Khufu's quarrying began. The prominent location and close association of the Proto-mortuary temple with the causeway
indicates that this structure may have also formed part of the early development of the site. –
‘Khufu Knew the Sphinx’
"...the casueway and the Sphinx were constructed
some time before Khufu's quarrying began..." (Emphasis mine). How much "some time"
actually was is anyone's guess.
Hope this is of some interest to you.
Best wishes,
Scott Creighton
[edit on 25/9/2009 by Scott Creighton]