Zahi Hawass

guest·19 claims·1 episode

19 fact-checked claims across 1 episode on the Joe Rogan Experience. Each is a receipt: the exact quote, its timestamp, what published evidence says, and who benefits.

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  1. JRE #232138:00

    In 2010, I brought a team, scientists from every field, and we recounted the stones based on the new evidence, and we found out that the stones of the pyramid …

    Hawass says a 2010 recount found the Great Pyramid contains more than one million stone blocks, with average limestone blocks weighing half a ton to two and a half tons.

  2. JRE #23211:52:35

    But for a reason we do not know, he left it unfinished. And he went to a place called the shore. He built the

    Hawass says Sneferu's architect Nefermaat first built a step pyramid at Meidum which was left unfinished, then Sneferu built the Bent Pyramid at Dahshur whose angle had to be changed mid-construction.

  3. JRE #23211:07:00

    The ancient Egyptians believed that a pharaoh should be a male. A pharaoh cannot be a female. Anyone who changed the religious belief, they hit him. Hatshepsut…

    Hawass claims Hatshepsut's monuments were destroyed because ancient Egyptians believed a pharaoh could not be female.

  4. JRE #232124:15

    Now. First of all, how old is that? 4600 years ago. Isn't that amazing?

    Hawass states the Wadi al-Jarf papyri are 4,600 years old.

  5. JRE #232110:46

    I found the tombs of the pyramid builders only one mile south of the Sphinx. A major important discovery that can tell everyone, number one, that pyramids buil…

    Hawass says he discovered the tombs of the pyramid builders one mile south of the Sphinx, proving Egyptians built the pyramids based on names found inside.

  6. JRE #23211:08:43

    First of all, these two scholars from Italy, they have never been in Egypt. They have never worked in the pyramids before. Right. They're using satellite infor…

    Hawass claims the two Italian scholars behind the Giza tomography claims never worked in Egypt and published in a pay-to-publish, non-peer-reviewed journal.

  7. JRE #23219:54

    Number two, that the stones used in building the great pyramid came from Torah. And Torah is 25 miles to the east from Giza. And number three, that Kufu ruled …

    Hawass characterizes the standard textbook claims as: pyramid stones came from Tura 25 miles east of Giza, Khufu ruled 23 years, and the Great Pyramid has 2,300,000 blocks.

  8. JRE #23211:51:19

    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 t…

    Hawass says the Step Pyramid of Djoser, built by Imhotep, predates the Great Pyramid by almost 700 years.

  9. JRE #23211:42:07

    This is why Herodotus, the father of the history history when he came to Egypt in the middle of the 5th century BC he never talked about the things

    Hawass claims Herodotus, who visited Egypt in the mid-5th century BC, never mentioned the Sphinx because it was completely buried in sand.

  10. JRE #232123:28

    Now, a few years ago, a major discovery happened for the first time. It is the first time that we have written evidence about building the pyramid of Khufu. Wh…

    Hawass says the Wadi al-Jarf Papyri, the first written evidence about building Khufu's pyramid, were discovered three years ago.

  11. JRE #232151:10

    In 2000 to I was chosen by the National Geographic as Explorer in residence were nine explorers with them. With us was Bill Billard, who found Titanic.

    Hawass claims he was chosen as a National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, one of nine, alongside Robert Ballard who found the Titanic.

  12. JRE #23211:41:26

    Located now between the two paws of the Sphinx in the stele it say that thought wasose IV was a prince, and he came to have a nap beside the sphinx. And the sp…

    Hawass recounts that the Dream Stele between the Sphinx's paws records Thutmose IV as a prince who was promised kingship in a dream if he cleared the sand from the Sphinx.

  13. JRE #232116:58

    we have in Egypt 120 pyramids we don't have only Kufu pyramid that everyone is talking about. You have 120 pyramids.

    Hawass states there are 120 pyramids in Egypt, not only the Khufu pyramid.

  14. JRE #232113:38

    But now we discovered that they slaughter 11 cows and 33 goats every day, and this can feed 10,000 workmen a day. Then we believe now, and I published, that th…

    Hawass claims animal bone evidence shows 11 cows and 33 goats were slaughtered daily to feed a workforce of about 10,000 pyramid builders who worked with one day off every ten days.

  15. JRE #23211:23:52

    Then I brought a team from Cairo University, and we did drill 30 to 35 feet underneath the Sphinx, everywhere. And I do have photos of everywhere under the thi…

    Hawass claims a Cairo University team drilled 30 to 35 feet under the Sphinx everywhere and found solid rock with nothing beneath it.

  16. JRE #23211:24:55

    He came to the Sphinx and he worked with us for a season. And he came and we published many articles that the erosion that you see outside and inside the Sphin…

    Hawass claims a geologist studied the Sphinx and published articles concluding the erosion is from wind rather than water, contradicting Robert Schoch's water-erosion theory.

  17. JRE #232135:00

    He buried his father in year 28. Then we know now for sure that Kufu ruled for 28 years.

    Hawass claims that based on the Wadi al-Jarf papyri, Khufu is now known for certain to have reigned 28 years.

  18. JRE #23211:36:19

    Like I discovered the Golden City. It's a major, big, large cemetery, large settlement, a city. And you know, this city was chosen the most important discovery…

    Hawass claims he discovered the Golden City near Luxor, chosen as the most important discovery in the world in 2021.

  19. JRE #23211:35:01

    why not with date 14 never given accurate dating.

    Hawass claims carbon-14 dating has never given accurate dating and does not work in Egypt.