Are the pyramids older than Jesus?

It was a far different world when these maps were made. Two thousand years ago, around the time that Jesus of Nazareth was born, the second Holy Temple was still standing in Jerusalem. The Great Pyramid at Giza was already 2,500 years old, but the Library of Alexandria was still around.



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The construction of the pyramids is not specifically mentioned in the Bible. What we believe about their purpose does not impinge on any biblical doctrine.

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One of the World's Oldest Cities is 4,000 Years Older Than the Pyramids. There's an ancient city in Syria that is said to be one of the oldest cities globally, so old that it even predates the Egyptian pyramids. Called Tell Brak, this ancient city dates back to when history itself was not being written.

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Pyramids are by far much older. The building of pyramids in Egypt started about 4600 years ago but there appears to have one built in todays Indonesia around 10 000 years ago. The Bible, as we know it, was created around AD 223 but parts of the Torah is from 1300 BC.

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Ruins That Pre-Date The Pyramids One of the main sites to discover that dates from before the pyramids is Abydos. It dates from around 7,000 years ago - thousands of years before the pyramids. Still, most of the actual ruins one will find there (like the Temple of Seti I) were built long after the pyramids.

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For comparison, construction on Stonehenge is believed to started around 3100 B.C.E., while the famed Pyramids of Giza are thought to have been erected around 2600 B.C.E. at the earliest. That makes the roundel at least 1,000 years older than Stonehenge and several thousand years older than the pyramids.

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Yes, there are pyramids located in the United States. However, these pyramids are not as well-known as the pyramids in Egypt or Central America. One example is the Monk's Mound located at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site in Illinois.

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Considered a sacred site by people the world over, the Great Pyramid is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the World, and was built around 4,500 years ago. It is believed to have been constructed as a tomb for the pharaoh Khufu, although there has been little evidence to this effect.

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