# Retraction Watch 2024: Controversial pyramid paper retracted when authors turn out to have radiocarbon-dated nearby dirt

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# Controversial pyramid paper retracted when authors turn out to have radiocarbon-dated nearby dirt

Retraction Watch, 2024. _Retraction Watch_.

Report of the retraction (20 March 2024) quoting the notice in full, the authors' response that they were "baffled" and had not been given sufficient evidence, and comments from the archaeologist Flint Dibble.

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Retraction Watch (2024). Controversial pyramid paper retracted when authors turn out to have radiocarbon-dated nearby dirt. Retraction Watch. https://retractionwatch.com/2024/03/20/controversial-pyramid-paper-retracted-when-authors-turn-out-to-have-radiocarbon-dated-nearby-dirt
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