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In my last video I presented the most recent information and expert opinions concerning the Kromer Dump, which, for those that don’t know, is a crescent-shaped, ancient trash heap located south of the pyramids of Giza, first excavated in the 1970s by Karl Kromer, and then again by the Ancient Egypt Research Associates, or AERA, in 2018.
From their recent excavations, the AERA believed that this dump was created in the 4th dynasty, and although this is a tentative interpretation based on limited new excavations, there is an elephant in the room that needs addressing.
Yes, this dump could well have been created in the 4th dynasty - as they state, and, as an amateur historical researcher, I can’t critique their excavations, analysis and conclusions. But the age of the creation of the dump is just one part of it; the other is the age of the actual material inside it.
The 2018 AERA publications imply that the material inside the Kromer Dump is all 4th dynasty in origin - but is this really the case? Kromer certainly didn't think so, and Maira Torcia Rigillo, a scholar who specialises in ancient clay sealings, also believed the Kromer Dump shows evidence of a Giza settlement with a long history, existing way before the Great Pyramid was built. Watch this video to learn more.
All images are taken from the below sources and Google Images for educational purposes only. Please subscribe to Ancient Architects, Like the video and please leave a comment below. Thank you very much.
Watch my previous videos:
Giza Before the Pyramids: youtu.be/0GEJiEl4e5M
The Great Dump of Giza: youtube.com/watch?v=MgvAlm5g5uE
Follow Keith Hamilton on Academia: https://independent.academia.edu/KeithHamilton
--Contents--
0:00 The Kromer Dump Background
1:22 Kromer's Early Dynastic Interpretation
3:40 The AERA Excavations
5:50 What Happened to Kromer's Analysis?
8:50 Karl Butzer's Opinion
9:51 University of Vienna Kromer Collection
11:08 Clay Sealing Expert's Opinion
13:17 Conclusion and My Opinion
Sources:
https://gizamedia.rc.fas.harvard.edu/images/MFA-images/Giza/GizaImage/full/library/hassan_giza_4.pdf
https://uhasammlung.univie.ac.at/kataloge/kataloge-mit-freiem-zugang/sammlung-kromer-projekt-nr-37-41-und-42/sammlung-kromer-gizeh-1971-1975-projekt-nr-37/
http://gizamedia.rc.fas.harvard.edu/images/MFA-images/Giza/GizaImage/full/library/kromer_vorbericht.pdf
aeraweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/AG19_1.pdf
https://isac.uchicago.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/shared/docs/Publications/Annual-Reports/2017-2018/11%20-%20Giza%20Plateau%20Mapping%20Project.pdf
aeraweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/AG19_1.pdf
https://www.academia.edu/25349666/Giza_and_Hierakonpolis_cretulae_with_figurative_seal_impressions_and_isolated_signs_of_writing_Connections_with_the_Mesopotamian_area
https://www.academia.edu/28386258/Clay_Sealings_from_the_Giza_Pyramids_Area
https://gizamedia.rc.fas.harvard.edu/images/MFA-images/Giza/GizaImage/full/library/petrie_gizeh_and_rifeh.pdf
https://www.academia.edu/62379692/Khafres_Temples_Giza_Part_IV_The_Sphinx_Temple_A_laymans_guide
#ancientarchitects #ancientegypt #gizapyramid
In my last video I presented the most recent information and expert opinions concerning the Kromer Dump, which, for those that don’t know, is a crescent-shaped, ancient trash heap located south of the pyramids of Giza, first excavated in the 1970s by Karl Kromer, and then again by the Ancient Egypt Research Associates, or AERA, in 2018.
From their recent excavations, the AERA believed that this dump was created in the 4th dynasty, and although this is a tentative interpretation based on limited new excavations, there is an elephant in the room that needs addressing.
Yes, this dump could well have been created in the 4th dynasty - as they state, and, as an amateur historical researcher, I can’t critique their excavations, analysis and conclusions. But the age of the creation of the dump is just one part of it; the other is the age of the actual material inside it.
The 2018 AERA publications imply that the material inside the Kromer Dump is all 4th dynasty in origin - but is this really the case? Kromer certainly didn't think so, and Maira Torcia Rigillo, a scholar who specialises in ancient clay sealings, also believed the Kromer Dump shows evidence of a Giza settlement with a long history, existing way before the Great Pyramid was built. Watch this video to learn more.
All images are taken from the below sources and Google Images for educational purposes only. Please subscribe to Ancient Architects, Like the video and please leave a comment below. Thank you very much.
Watch my previous videos:
Giza Before the Pyramids: youtu.be/0GEJiEl4e5M
The Great Dump of Giza: youtube.com/watch?v=MgvAlm5g5uE
Follow Keith Hamilton on Academia: https://independent.academia.edu/KeithHamilton
--Contents--
0:00 The Kromer Dump Background
1:22 Kromer's Early Dynastic Interpretation
3:40 The AERA Excavations
5:50 What Happened to Kromer's Analysis?
8:50 Karl Butzer's Opinion
9:51 University of Vienna Kromer Collection
11:08 Clay Sealing Expert's Opinion
13:17 Conclusion and My Opinion
Sources:
https://gizamedia.rc.fas.harvard.edu/images/MFA-images/Giza/GizaImage/full/library/hassan_giza_4.pdf
https://uhasammlung.univie.ac.at/kataloge/kataloge-mit-freiem-zugang/sammlung-kromer-projekt-nr-37-41-und-42/sammlung-kromer-gizeh-1971-1975-projekt-nr-37/
http://gizamedia.rc.fas.harvard.edu/images/MFA-images/Giza/GizaImage/full/library/kromer_vorbericht.pdf
aeraweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/AG19_1.pdf
https://isac.uchicago.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/shared/docs/Publications/Annual-Reports/2017-2018/11%20-%20Giza%20Plateau%20Mapping%20Project.pdf
aeraweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/AG19_1.pdf
https://www.academia.edu/25349666/Giza_and_Hierakonpolis_cretulae_with_figurative_seal_impressions_and_isolated_signs_of_writing_Connections_with_the_Mesopotamian_area
https://www.academia.edu/28386258/Clay_Sealings_from_the_Giza_Pyramids_Area
https://gizamedia.rc.fas.harvard.edu/images/MFA-images/Giza/GizaImage/full/library/petrie_gizeh_and_rifeh.pdf
https://www.academia.edu/62379692/Khafres_Temples_Giza_Part_IV_The_Sphinx_Temple_A_laymans_guide
#ancientarchitects #ancientegypt #gizapyramid
