JonnyMcA Wrote:
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> Or, it is quite possible that it was cut down
> contemporaneously with the construction of the
> Pyramid. Cedar trees can live for 1000-2000 odd
> years. So if the Pyramid was constructed circa
> 2500 BC, and the if tree that the Dixon wood came
> from was felled around the same time or shortly
> before, then conceivably it could have began
> growing around 3500 BC or even before. All we can
> say from the radiocarbon age is that the part of
> the tree that the Dixon wood came from probably
> dates from 3350-3100 BC.
>
> Jonny
Howdy
On another forum we are trying to find a scientific reference to Cedrus Libani trees living to that age. The age of 1,000-3,000 is stated repeatedly in various sources but never backed up by a coring or dating. Do you have a reference?
