Thunderbird Wrote:
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> Radiocarbon Dating

> For example, thirteen samples of mortar from the
> Great Pyramid produced dates in the range
> 3101-2853 BC, and an average date of 2977 BC.
> Similarly, seven samples of mortar from the Second
> Pyramid produced an average date of 2988 BC.
> Equally intriguing, a sample of wood from
> ‘Khufu’s Boat’, buried alongside the Great
> Pyramid, produced a remarkable date of 3400 BC.

hmmmm..... do I understand this correctly, all C14 dates are ignored, no adjustments have been made to the chronology?

The boat date throws everything off. It throws the homesteaders back 1000 yrs. Boat date is totally ignored?
How can they get away with this?

> The Mastaba build continues thru early Dynastic
> and zenith in Stone Mastaba during
> 4th Dynasty.
>
> Snefru's Seila-pyramid and others....
>
> Is he really building the 3 huge pyramids ascribed
> to him
> Or is he building smaller pyramids....mastabas and
> other buildings as he adopts the
> 3 large pyramids which are extant in his day.

Yes, that is what the inscriptions show. They have nothing else to go on, well except pottery, but that's another story.

> The above radio carbon dates indicate they are
> repairing extant Pyramids in Dynasty 1!!

What little evidence there is, shows this to be the case. Are we to believe C14 date of wood, or conclusions about a cartouche that have no substantiation.