A New Study Claims the Great Pyramid Is 23,000 Years Old (Michael Button)

A new scientific paper claims the Great Pyramid could be around 20,000 years older than we thought.

If its dating method is right, it would completely rewrite the history of Ancient Egypt and human civilization. But does the evidence actually hold up?

In this video, we investigate the extraordinary claim, the science behind it, and what would need to happen for archaeology to take it seriously...



The dating comes from erosion seen on the stone, whereas there is carbon dating, from mortar (repair work?), putting it a few hundred years older than the officially accepted date. If the carbon dates are correct then there must be a problem with the erosion technique. Michael explains that the paper shows a scattering of dates ranging from near 6000  years ago up to 54,000 years ago. As things stand the 23,000 year claim is not credible without further work. 

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, August 25, 2026.]