Scott Creighton - The Great Pyramid Hoax: The Conspiracy to Conceal the True History of Ancient Egypt

For my wife, Louise, and my children,
Jamie and Nina... forever.

THE
GREAT PYRAMID
HOAX

Egyptologists consider the ochre-painted Khufu cartouche in the Great Pyramid as the ultimate proof that this pyramid belongs to the Fourth Dynasty pharaoh Khufu. But much controversy surrounds its authenticity. If the Khufu cartouche is indeed a hoax, then the implications are tremendous. Scott Creighton has undertaken a very bold and meticulous investigation into this mystery. The Great Pyramid Hoax is a must-read book for all seekers of truth.

ROBERT BAUVAL, AUTHOR OF THE SOUL OF ANCIENT EGYPT

An intriguing narrative, The Great Pyramid Hoax expertly weaves its way through the sands of time, as it revisits one of Egyptologys most contentious issuesthe dating of the Great Pyramid. In the best traditions of alternative research Creighton takes the reader on a personal journey of exploration, skillfully weaving powerful themes upon clear emotional expression, as he attempts to uncover the veracity behind one of Egypts most endearing mysteries. A must-read for those searching for the truth.

LORRAINE EVANS, EGYPTOLOGIST, DEATH HISTORIAN, AND
AUTHOR OF KINGDOM OF THE ARK

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This book would not have been possible without the input, assistance, and encouragement of many individuals. I would first like to express my profound and sincere gratitude to the team at Inner Traditions r Bear & Company, whose professionalism and guidance took much of the pain out of producing this work.

The late Zecharia Sitchin, a world-renowned scholar and international bestselling author, paved the way for this book, and without his early insights into this controversy, this work most likely would never have seen the light of day. This can be said equally of the late Alan F. Alford, whose dedicated research into this subject inspired much of my own investigations. In 1998, Alford wrote:

My challenge to Egyptologists is this. Find the Howard Vyse diaries and show them to me. If I cannot find at least three incriminating statements in those diaries, I will drop my argument that the workmens graffiti was forged.

It is with a considerable sense of regret that Alford, who departed this Earth much too soon, could not witness just how prophetic his words were to become as the evidence from three pages of Vyses private diary, presented later in this book, will demonstrate.

Patricia Usick of the British Museum and Roger Bettridge of the Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies helped immensely by providing access to the Hill facsimiles and the Vyse family archive, respectively. I would particularly like to thank Mr. Bettridge for his great generosity in assisting me with the transcription of some difficult passages from Colonel Vyses private journal. A special mention and thanks must also be extended to the staff in the Archive Department of the Mitchell Library in Glasgow, who also helped transcribe some difficult passages.

My good friend Sean Damer deserves credit here too for his unstinting support and encouragement over many years. And none of this would have been at all possible without the great help and assistance of George and Jim, who would tirelessly read and offer feedback to each draft of this manuscript.

My children, Jamie and Nina, were both very young when all of this began. They would always listen (sometimes reluctantly it has to be said), but they were always curious and would often ask questions. I thank them both for some quite marvelous questions; questions that only a child can ask.

Above all, my dearest wife, Louise, deserves all the plaudits for she has truly had to put up with the mostand it wasnt always plain sailing. When things got tough she was always there to help. And when they got really tough she was always the first with her shoulder to the wheel. Not even a severe head injury, which so nearly took her life, would hold her back. There are no words that can ever encapsulate my sincere gratitude in having this truly remarkable woman in my life.

I thank you all.

SCOTT CREIGHTON,
MIDSUMMERS DAY, 2016

Louise Creighton (Photo: Scott Creighton)

FOREWORD

Work in the field of archaeology is somewhat like prospecting for gold. Both are disciplines of discovery that require the utmost care, patience, and perseverance but only occasionally reward the practitioner with a substantive return. When archaeological studies do produce such a return, a correct understanding of the significance of a finding may require specialized knowledge or rest on subtleties of understanding that the typical layperson may not possess. This means that the average person may not always be competent to evaluate the claims of competing researchers. Meanwhile, truly productive finds are the stuff from which archaeological careers are molded, academic reputations fostered, and theoretical ground staked. Knowing this, it seems clear that professional researchers must be subject to ongoing motivation to produce such claims.

Likewise, Egyptology is a field in which a small number of professionals have historically exercised a high degree of control over such things as access to sites, distribution of financial resources, and publication of results. Great egos tend to flock to positions with this degree or quality of control. In such an environment, it seems inevitable that practitioners might sometimes be tempted to take personal advantage of their specialized knowledge or position and leverage it to influence a career-making claim.

Structures on the Giza plateau in Egypt represent the most obvious reference points by which a modern observer may infer the outlook and intentions of our ancient ancestors. Foremost among these (second only to the incomparable Sphinx) is the Great Pyramid, or Pyramid of Khufu. Its sheer size, central position on the Giza plateau, and structural precision serve as an open invitation to students of ancient mysteries to make it a focus of their attention. The call of the Great Pyramid is made even more enticing by the many uncertainties that attend this great edifice, coupled with the relative sparseness of evidence on which these uncertainties often rest. For example, theories abound in relation to how the pyramid may have been built, what practical functions it might have served in ancient times, what undiscovered hidden chambers it might potentially house, whether slaves or paid workers were enlisted to construct it, what special qualities of electricity or resonance its stone blocks might possess, and so on.

First among the mysteries of the Great Pyramid is the persistent question of who actually built it. To those of us who see likelihood in the existence of civilizations prior to ancient Egypt, there is a temptation to credit the Great Pyramid to some advanced culture now lost to the mists of time. However, from an academic perspective, the era of origin for the Great Pyramid is considered to be a closed question: the consensus is that it was commissioned by the second pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt, a king named Khufu who ruled circa 2550 BCE. However, some modern-day researchers express doubt about a view-point that casts as a royal tomb a structure that, to all outward evidences, never actually housed a pharaohs body. We might be inclined to simply set this inconvenient circumstance aside if we were confident that the official viewpoint was upheld by other unshakable evidence. But as we shall see as this book progresses, such does not always seem to be the case.