Zahi Hawass on archaeology: what the evidence says · JRE #2321
FACT CHECK // JRE #2321 // EXHIBIT LOG
EPISODE AIRED MAY 14, 2025 · THE JOE ROGAN EXPERIENCE
CLAIM CMRGC4W0STATUS: PUBLISHED
SUBJECT: ARCHAEOLOGY
SUBJECT: ARCHAEOLOGY
RulingNeeds Context
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It's called the step pyramid. In the pyramid text, they say that the step pyramid yeah and the pyramid that's the first one in the pyramid text they say that the step pyramid is a stairs that the king is buried underneath to go to heaven and this one was how many years before the Great Pyramid it saw almost almost 700 years
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Djoser's Step Pyramid at Saqqara, designed by Imhotep, is the earliest large-scale Egyptian pyramid and is dated to the Third Dynasty, roughly 2670 to 2630 BCE. Khufu's Great Pyramid at Giza was built in the Fourth Dynasty, generally dated to about 2560 to 2550 BCE. National Geographic places the Step Pyramid at around 2780 BCE and Khufu's project at about 2550 BCE, an interval of roughly 230 years, while mainstream chronologies that put Djoser closer to 2630 to 2670 BCE yield a gap of only about 70 to 130 years. No standard chronology supports a separation of nearly 700 years, so the roughly 700-year figure is a substantial exaggeration.