Radiocarbon Dating Confirms Egyptian/Israelite Chronology

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How do we know that Pharaoh Tutankhamun reigned from exactly 1333 to 1324 B.C. or that Ramesses II’s rule lasted precisely from 1279 to 1213 B.C.? Our current calendar was instituted by Julius Caesar in 45 B.C. and slightly modified by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582, so how do we apply meaningful dates to ancient Egyptian events that predate our own system by hundreds and thousands of years?

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Footnotes

See Leo Depuydt, “How to Date a Pharaoh,” Archaeology Odyssey 08:04.