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There were some religious scholars who posited a theory that based on their analysis of the bible, they could calculate that the earth was between 6,000 and 10,000 years old
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And there are some religious scholars who say the figures they base that on are from alterations to the scriptures done in ancient Egypt to prevent them contradicting the local recorded history at the time.
Basicly the idea is that the scribes added lots of years to the early charcters lives to push thier story back beyond the then recent history the ancients had at the time.