Was The Great Pyramid Of Egypt Built Before The Flood?
Bodie Hodge, M.Sc., B.Sc., PEI
Biblical Authority Ministries, September 18, 2025 (Donate)
I’m surprised how often I am asked about the pyramids of
Egypt. No doubt they are
fascinating. One common question that is
asked has to do with the age of the pyramids, and in particular the Great
Pyramid of Giza.
One of the main reasons for this question has to do with the
“claimed” age of the Great Pyramid.
Commonly in secular literature, it is said to be built around 2550
B.C. If this date is compared to
biblical chronology, then it existed before the Flood of Noah’s day
which was around 2348 B.C. and destroyed everything on earth (2 Peter 3:5-6)!
Obviously, something is askew.
Image requested by Bodie (ChatGPT)
Did this pyramid survive the Flood? Consider:
1. The Great Pyramid of Giza lacks significant water damage and massive destruction that would be associated with a catastrophic global Flood.
2. The pyramid is built on fossiliferous rock layers from the Flood of Noah’s day. So the Flood had to pre-date the pyramid that is built on the Flood sediment.
3. Egypt (how it is translated) is literally Mizraim in Hebrew. Mizraim is Noah’s grandson through Ham! Egypt cannot have existed until after the Flood when Ham fathered Mizraim! The descendants of Mizraim could not have built the Great Pyramid of Egypt (Mizraim) until after the Flood and for that matter…after the events at the Tower of Babel that caused Mizraim’s family to move to the region of the Nile River and go by multiple names (e.g., Mizraim, Egypt, Egyptus) now that the language was confused.
Image by Bodie Hodge
With all this evidence, the discerning researcher would
easily recognize the Great Pyramid is clearly post-Flood.
So, why the older date for the Great Pyramid in secular
literature? The dates for events in ancient Egypt came about by a strange
method. There was an ancient list of pharaohs and the length of their reigns by
a Roman historian named Manetho about 200 B.C. This was recorded in his book
called the History of Egypt.
Although there is much more to this, the short story is that
the pharaohs’ lengths of reigns were tallied one on top of the other to arrive
a very long Egyptian chronology. The problem is that some of these pharaohs
were reigning at the same time; some in the Upper Kingdom, Middle Kingdom andLower Kingdom! Sometimes fathers and sons co-reigned for a long time too.
So these dates are obviously inflated. As an analogy,
consider if we took all the governors in the USA and the length of their reigns
and stacked them one on top of the other…the USA would appear to be much, much
older—over 2000 years old! See the problem!
In brief, the secular date for the Great Pyramid far short
of credibility, and the Great Pyramid as well as the other pyramids are post-Flood
constructions.
For more see:
Tower of Babel by Bodie Hodge
Bodie Hodge, Ken Ham's son in law, has been an apologist
since 1998 helping out in various churches and running an apologetics website.
He spent 21 years working at Answers in Genesis as a speaker,
writer, and researcher as well as a founding news anchor for Answers
News. He was also head of the Oversight Council.
Bodie launched Biblical Authority Ministries in
2015 as a personal website and it was organized officially in 2025 as a
501(c)(3). He has spoken on multiple continents and hosts of US states in
churches, colleges, and universities. He is married with four children.
Originally at Answers in Genesis; A version of this appeared in Answers Magazine; Edited; Republished by permission.
