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New Study Suggests Great Pyramid Built 20,000 Years Earlier

2/4/2026

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A new study proposes the Great Pyramid of Giza could date to 23,000 B.C.E., about 20,000 years earlier.
Engineer Alberto Donini developed the Relative Erosion Method (REM) to analyze pyramid erosion.
Engineer Alberto Donini's findings indicate a civilization may have built it, which would alter ancient Egyptian history.
Current evidence supports a construction date around 2575 B.C.E.

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Story summary

A new study proposes the Great Pyramid of Giza could date to 23,000 B.C.E., about 20,000 years earlier.
Engineer Alberto Donini developed the Relative Erosion Method (REM) to analyze pyramid erosion.
Engineer Alberto Donini's findings indicate a civilization may have built it, which would alter ancient Egyptian history.
Current evidence supports a construction date around 2575 B.C.E.