Fact or Fiction: Forgery in the Great Pyramid?

This is one piece of evidence used by Egyptologists, and also many independent researchers, to date the Great Pyramid to the 4th Dynasty of the Old Kingdom.

And there isn’t just one solitary piece of graffiti. Khufu’s name does not appear just once. There are in fact 12-15 different instances of his name inside the relieving chambers, including different variants.

They were first discovered by Howard Vyse and John Shae Perring in the early 19th century, and it was the first solid piece of evidence that allowed us to put a time stamp on this enigmatic structure.

The Great Pyramid was built in the reign of Khufu – his name is written all over it.

But today, in the age of the internet, this dating evidence remains one of the most controversial subjects in relation to the Great Pyramid. So many people believe the graffiti is a hoax, created by order of Howard Vyse in the 1830s.

But why do so many people believe this? What solid evidence is there, and does it hold up to scrutiny?

Well, in this video, I’ll be taking an in-depth look at the Khufu cartouche graffiti and by the end, you’ll know whether or not this really is solid evidence to date the Great Pyramid to the reign of King Khufu.

00:00 Introduction

02:10 The Khufu Hoax Myth

03:54 Vyse's Discoveries

09:09 The Khufu Cartouches

11:06 The Controversy Over the Discovery

18:58 The Forgery Claims

20:18 Claim 1: The Words of Samuel Birch

24:39 Claim 2: An Eye-witness to the Forgery

29:39 Claim 3: The Journal of Howard Vyse

32:15 Claim 4: The Red Ochre was Radiocarbon Dated

35:53 Claim 5: Davison’s Chamber has no Graffiti

39:00 Claim 6: The Khufu Spelling Mistake

40:53 Claim 7: The Great Pyramid was Renovated

43:19 New Claims

51:40 What Did Vyse Actually Gain?

53:20 Graham Hancock and John Anthony West

58:50 Conclusion