giza-pyramids Wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> The date of construction of the building is known
> because of the comprehensive radiocarbon dating
> that has been carried out on it.
>
> The results can be found in the academic paper
>
> RADIOCARBON DATES OF OLD AND MIDDLE KINGDOM
> MONUMENTS IN EGYPT
> Georges Bonani1 • Herbert Haas2 • Zahi Hawass3
> • Mark Lehner4 • Shawki Nakhla5 •
> John Nolan6 • Robert Wenke7 • Willy Wölfli1
>
> [journals.uair.arizona.edu]
> arbon/article/viewFile/3874/3299
>
> This shows the samples for the Great Pyramid range
> between 2870-2640 BCE, which is the date period of
> construction of the building. So there is nothing
> to research on this subject.
>
> Steve


Hello giza-pyramids:

Thank you; I am aware of the Bonani, et al, paper. For the sake of discussion, I will accept the figures provided.

Given the following two (2) data points:

(1) ”The latitude of 29° 58’ 44” N is the original latitude of the building when it was constructed, and the figure you quote is a modern value. The difference between the two is due to tectonic plate movement since the pyramid's construction, which is considerable.

The movement of the North African plate is detailed here [en.wikipedia.org] * and the pyramid is currently over 100 m away from where it was when it was built, when latitude is being considered.”

(2) ”…the Great Pyramid range between 2870-2640 BCE, which is the date period of construction…”





The Wikipedia article link* references ”Huang, Zhen Shao (1997). "Speed of the Continental Plates””, which states the Absolute Velocity (cm/yr) for the African Plate as ~2.15. Calculation of the distance between your published construction coordinate (1) and the Dash revision [26FEB18] indicates a distance of 0.1629 km (= 16290 cm).

16290 cm ÷ 2.15 cm/yr = 7576.7449 years or +/- 5559 BCE

5559 – 2870 = 2689

The data is in conflict by +/- two and one-half millennia.



Dr. Troglodyte