A retired geology prof at a diner in Flagstaff told me the Giza pyramids might be way older than we think

I was eating breakfast last month and this older guy saw my National Geographic hat. He sat down and started talking about water erosion on the Sphinx enclosure. Said the rain patterns that caused that haven't existed in Egypt since like 5000 BC. He showed me photos on his phone. I always figured the mainstream timeline was solid but now I'm not so sure. Has anyone looked into this seriously or is it all pseudoscience?

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casey39324d ago

Heard pretty much the same thing from a guy in Tucson who used to work for a survey company... he said the alignment of the pyramids to Orion's belt doesn't match up with the dates they give us either. He had this whole chart showing how the stars moved over thousands of years and it lined up way earlier, like 10,000 BC or something. Made me wonder how much we really know about ancient civilizations.

vera_lewis24d ago

lol @casey393 that's exactly the kind of rabbit hole I fall into at 2am when I can't sleep. I looked up the Orion correlation thing once and my brain basically melted trying to figure out precession of the equinoxes. I'm pretty sure I still couldn't explain it to save my life. The 10,000 BC date is wild though, like imagine trying to build a pyramid with just ropes and a lot of really confused volunteers?