Zahi Hawass

I don't believe in carbon dot 14 at all and it's not working in Egypt until today. I have been excavating, I'm excavating also in the Vale of the Kings. And I discovered major important things that we can talk about. But I used radar in all my excavation. And I never had a result by radar. And carbon date 14, people use it when there is no date.

No, I use radar to discover things. Right. But what do you use to date them? Dating, as I told you, two methods of dating. Yeah. Most of the dating that for me now in Luxor is based on evidence. Like I discovered the Golden City. It's a major, big, large cemetery, large settlement, a city. And you know, this city was chosen because

No, I use radar to discover things. Right. But what do you use to date them? Dating, as I told you, two methods of dating. Yeah. Most of the dating that for me now in Luxor is based on evidence. Like I discovered the Golden City. It's a major, big, large cemetery, large settlement, a city. And you know, this city was chosen because

No, I use radar to discover things. Right. But what do you use to date them? Dating, as I told you, two methods of dating. Yeah. Most of the dating that for me now in Luxor is based on evidence. Like I discovered the Golden City. It's a major, big, large cemetery, large settlement, a city. And you know, this city was chosen because

the most important discovery in the world of year 2021, because this is the first time that we have a big, large city to tell us about the people who made this civilization. So how do you know how old the city is? Exactly. In the city, we discovered the names everywhere of King Amenhotep III, who was the father of Akhenaten. Inside the city, we found many statutes of his queen, Queen Ti.

the most important discovery in the world of year 2021, because this is the first time that we have a big, large city to tell us about the people who made this civilization. So how do you know how old the city is? Exactly. In the city, we discovered the names everywhere of King Amenhotep III, who was the father of Akhenaten. Inside the city, we found many statutes of his queen, Queen Ti.

the most important discovery in the world of year 2021, because this is the first time that we have a big, large city to tell us about the people who made this civilization. So how do you know how old the city is? Exactly. In the city, we discovered the names everywhere of King Amenhotep III, who was the father of Akhenaten. Inside the city, we found many statutes of his queen, Queen Ti.

We found inscriptions about dried meat stored to celebrate the third set festival of Amenhotep III. We found nine royal workshops in the city. Then the city tells us about the golden age of that king. It is dated by pottery, by hieroglyphic inscription, by many things.

We found inscriptions about dried meat stored to celebrate the third set festival of Amenhotep III. We found nine royal workshops in the city. Then the city tells us about the golden age of that king. It is dated by pottery, by hieroglyphic inscription, by many things.

We found inscriptions about dried meat stored to celebrate the third set festival of Amenhotep III. We found nine royal workshops in the city. Then the city tells us about the golden age of that king. It is dated by pottery, by hieroglyphic inscription, by many things.

It is, but I never used it. And many people, very rare, used it in Egypt. Because in Egypt, mainly, we have absolute chronology. We have absolute dating based on inscriptions.

It is, but I never used it. And many people, very rare, used it in Egypt. Because in Egypt, mainly, we have absolute chronology. We have absolute dating based on inscriptions.

It is, but I never used it. And many people, very rare, used it in Egypt. Because in Egypt, mainly, we have absolute chronology. We have absolute dating based on inscriptions.

No, that was an experiment to date the pyramid. I think it was about 2009. And it's not working. I didn't see the result.

No, that was an experiment to date the pyramid. I think it was about 2009. And it's not working. I didn't see the result.

No, that was an experiment to date the pyramid. I think it was about 2009. And it's not working. I didn't see the result.

No. But the mortar, you can't. One thing. The mortar... between the stones. This mortar, like if you take a piece of stone from the pyramid and you try to take Kerbal 14, this piece of stone could be thousands of years in the quarry. It cannot date a pyramid. How can you date? Hold on, hold on. You don't date stone. I'm saying if you date mortar,

No. But the mortar, you can't. One thing. The mortar... between the stones. This mortar, like if you take a piece of stone from the pyramid and you try to take Kerbal 14, this piece of stone could be thousands of years in the quarry. It cannot date a pyramid. How can you date? Hold on, hold on. You don't date stone. I'm saying if you date mortar,

No. But the mortar, you can't. One thing. The mortar... between the stones. This mortar, like if you take a piece of stone from the pyramid and you try to take Kerbal 14, this piece of stone could be thousands of years in the quarry. It cannot date a pyramid. How can you date? Hold on, hold on. You don't date stone. I'm saying if you date mortar,

How can you say accurately that this mortar is dated to the same time of building the pyramid?