Reveals how the only hard evidence that dates the Great Pyramid--the quarry marks discovered by Colonel Vyse in 1837--was forged

• Includes evidence from the time of the discovery of the marks: Vyse’s private field notes, surveys, facsimile drawings, and eye-witness testimony

• Explains why Vyse was driven to perpetrate a fraud inside the Great Pyramid

• Examines recent chemical analysis of the marks and high-definition photos to reveal errors and other anomalies within the forged Khufu cartouche

Despite millennia of fame, the origins of the Great Pyramid of Giza are shrouded in mystery. Believed to be the tomb of an Egyptian king, even though no remains have ever been found, its construction date of roughly 2550 BCE is tied to only one piece of evidence: the crudely painted marks within the pyramid’s hidden chambers that refer to the 4th Dynasty king Khufu, discovered in 1837 by Colonel Howard Vyse and his team.

Using evidence from the time of the discovery of these “quarry marks”--including surveys, facsimile drawings and Vyse’s private field notes--along with high definition photos of the actual marks, Scott Creighton reveals how and why the marks were faked. He investigates the anomalous and contradictory orthography of the quarry marks through more than 75 photos and illustrations, showing how they radically depart from the established canon of quarry marks from this period. He explains how the orientation of the Khufu cartouche contradicts ancient Egyptian writing convention and how one of the signs is from a later period. Analyzing Vyse’s private diary, he reveals Vyse’s forgery instructions to his two assistants, Raven and Hill, and what the anachronistic sign should have been. He examines recent chemical analysis of the marks along with the eye-witness testimony of Humphries Brewer, who worked with Vyse at Giza in 1837 and saw forgery take place. Exploring Vyse’s background, including his electoral fraud to become a member of the British Parliament, he explains why he was driven to perpetrate a fraud inside the Great Pyramid.

Proving Zecharia Sitchin’s claim that the quarry marks are forgeries and removing the only physical evidence that dates the Great Pyramid’s construction to the reign of Khufu, Creighton’s study strikes down one of the most fundamental assertions of orthodox Egyptologists and reopens long-standing questions about the Great Pyramid’s true age, who really built it, and why.

揭示了大金字塔的唯一确凿证据--由Vyse上校于1837年发现的采石场痕迹--是如何被伪造的

- 包括发现这些标记时的证据。Vyse的私人实地记录、调查、传真图纸和目击者的证言

- 解释了为什么Vyse被驱使在大金字塔内实施欺诈行为

- 考察了最近对标记的化学分析和高清照片，揭示了伪造的胡夫手稿中的错误和其他异常之处

尽管吉萨大金字塔已经闻名数千年，但它的起源仍然笼罩在神秘之中。尽管没有发现任何遗骸，但它被认为是埃及国王的陵墓，其建造日期大约为公元前2550年，只与一个证据有关：金字塔密室内粗糙的绘画标记，指的是第四王朝国王胡夫，由Howard Vyse上校及其团队在1837年发现。

利用发现这些 "采石场标记 "时的证据--包括调查、传真图纸和Vyse的私人现场笔记--以及实际标记的高清照片，Scott Creighton揭示了这些标记是如何和为什么被伪造的。他通过超过75张照片和插图调查了采石场标记的反常和矛盾的正字法，表明它们如何从根本上偏离了这一时期的采石场标记的既定规则。他解释了胡夫石刻的方向是如何与古埃及的书写习惯相矛盾的，以及其中一个标志是如何来自较晚时期的。通过分析Vyse的私人日记，他揭示了Vyse对他的两个助手Raven和Hill的造假指示，以及这个不合时宜的标志应该是什么。他研究了最近对这些标志的化学分析以及汉弗莱斯-布鲁尔的目击证词，他于1837年在吉萨与Vyse一起工作，看到了伪造的发生。他探讨了Vyse的背景，包括他为成为英国议会议员而进行的选举欺诈，他解释了为什么他被驱使在大金字塔内实施欺诈。

克赖顿的研究证明了撒迦利亚-西钦关于采石场痕迹是伪造的说法，并删除了将大金字塔的建造时间定为胡夫统治时期的唯一实物证据，打击了正统埃及学家最基本的论断之一，并重新提出了关于大金字塔的真实年龄、真正的建造者和原因等长期存在的问题。