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Why the aliens did NOT build the pyramids

August 24th, 2007 by Margaret
It has always pained me a great deal that so

many people all over the world are genuinely
fascinated by ancient Egypt and yet they are so
woefully misinformed by sensationalist media,
so-called documentaries based in
pseudoscience, and the fantasy world of
Hollywood. No other ancient civilization is so
universally recognized and yet so thoroughly
misunderstood. Sadly, Egyptologists are often so frustrated by this that they
want nothing to do with the situation; it’s not just a matter of educating
people, it’s completely reeducating them—trying to reverse the damage
caused by ‘The Mummy’ and even the Discovery Channel.
When I tell people that I’m studying Egyptology, people always assume that
this means pyramids and mummies, the only things they know about Egypt.
In fact these areas are so popular that they are overrun by untrained theorists
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and most Egyptologists shun them rather than tackling all of the
misinformation. Sometimes I can hardly blame them—even as a lowly
student, I was once approached at a conference by a man who wanted to
show me the home experiments that he’d carried out, pulling miniature
pyramid blocks in his backyard! The sad thing though is that many people
prefer madcap theories to the truth, especially when genuine research is
presented in dry academic speak rather than the exciting Indiana Jones-style
of tv.
Once I was actually asked in all seriousness for my professional opinion on

whether alien build the pyramids. The man said: ‘There’s so much
discussion of the alien theory that there must be something to it, right?’.
Well, my short answer would be, ‘No. There isn’t anything to it at all.’ My
longer answer will follow, with a thorough dissection of the central
arguments of the alien theory and why they are wrong. I think the main
reason the theory is so popular is that people like to believe in things, things
that are much bigger than themselves, whether it’s god or aliens. But often
people also want proof and they seek to find it in the pyramids and other
ancient monuments. It’s no wonder that the pyramids are incredible enough
that they inspire people to believe the unbelievable. I myself don’t think
there’s anything wrong with postulating that there might be other life out
there in the universe, but I also don’t believe in robbing humanity of pride in
its achievements.
I think it’s rather more inspiring to think that human beings, our own
ancestors, created such spectacular monumental achievements. However,
some people see the concept of civilization as progressive, that humans only
continue to improve upon the past, so they think that just because we are
uncertain about how the pyramids were built and we ourselves would
struggle to replicate their achievement, it is impossible that humans of the
past could have done it.
They say that since the pyramids of Giza were built about 4500 years ago,
people back then couldn’t have been skilled enough to do it. However,
we’re ignoring that numerous remarkable developments were happening all
those millennia ago. There are many things that were discovered in the
distant past that still serve us today. The Egyptians made many brilliant
innovations (something I will have to write more about in another post)—
simple things that we still use today, which have barely changed over the
millennia since they first conceived, from the earliest forms of paper and
ink, to the 24 hour day.
People say that since we wouldn’t be able to build pyramids today, that the
Egyptians couldn’t have done it, but it’s not just building of the pyramids
that couldn’t be replicated today. It’s hard to imagine ever being able to pull
together the resources, power, money, skilled craftsmen, and architects
needed to build one of the great gothic cathedrals in this day and age. It just
couldn’t happen. This isn’t something to be ashamed of though, we simply
use different technologies and have different priorities these days. While we
couldn’t build another Notre Dame Cathedral or Great Pyramid, modern
structures like the Eiffel Tower or the Gherkin wouldn’t have been possible
back then either. Pyramids were possible simply because the entire
economy, resources, and population of the Egyptian civilization was under
the control of a single omnipotent ruler, who could mobilize them all into a
monumental building project.
To argue that just because we don’t know every detail about how the
pyramids were built would be a logical fallacy—an argument from
ignorance—and does not prove that aliens must have built them. We have so
much evidence that strongly indicates that the Egyptians themselves were
responsible for building the pyramids. We have archaeological evidence of
their construction—remains of the quarries, roads, tools, records of the
workers and the towns in which they lived. We know why they built them
and we can even observe their lengthy and imperfect evolution before they
reached their architectural peak with the Great Pyramid.
To properly address the issues out there, I will cite from a number of
websites that support the theory that aliens built the pyramids and some of
the comments that individuals have posted there, and explain why they are
incorrect. I randomly chose a number of sites from the top Google search
hits for aliens and pyramids. I don’t want to single anyone out or anything,
so I won’t use any names attached to the comments. The various websites
from which they derive are listed at the end of this post.
I am no great pyramid expert myself, so I must acknowledge an enormous

debt to the work of Mark Lehner and Dieter Arnold, from whom most of my
information derives, along with other Egyptological sources, all of which

are also listed at the end. I’d recommend Lehner’s ‘The Complete Pyramids’
as the best general book on the subject if you want to learn more. It is very
readable with lots of illustrations and diagrams.
Why were the pyramids built?
Referring to the alien theory, someone states: ‘It’s the most sensible theory.
Why would ancient Egyptians build such monstrosities just to bury their
kings?’ Alien theorists say that it’s a mystery why the Egyptians or other
ancient people would build such immense monuments. Therefore, it must
have been aliens. But why on earth would the aliens want to build these
monuments? And on earth? That makes even less sense. We definitely know
the purpose behind the building of the pyramids.
They were used as tombs for the ancient Egyptian kings, but they
represented much more than just a grave. They were iconic symbols of the
supreme power of the ruler; what better way of showing your subjects
who’s boss, than conscripting them to build you a monolith that dominates
the entire landscape? Above all, they were monuments to divine Egyptian
kingship, the place where the king would be transformed into a god. One of
the most important Egyptian myths tells how an ancient king named Osiris
was murdered by his evil usurping brother, who in turn was eventually
defeated by the rightful heir to the throne, Osiris’ son Horus. In death,
Egyptian kings were thought to take on the role of Osiris, the ruler of the
underworld, while their son assumed the role of Horus and the kingship.
And although deceased, the former king would join the eternal cycle of life
to be reborn everyday with the sun god. The pyramid was thought to
facilitate this. This also legitimized the rule of the successor to the throne,
since the pyramid was a symbol of his father’s new divinity.
There are a number of reasons why these tombs were built in a pyramidal
form. First of all, they developed out of an older form of monumental royal
tombs called mastabas, which were flat-roofed rectangular buildings, that an
enterprising architect named Imhotep then decided to adapt by stacking one
on top of the other into a step pyramid form. Also, the pyramid was
intended as a place of rebirth. An Egyptian creation myth tells of the birth of
the world as a primeval mound rising out of the waters of chaos. The
pyramid is a stylized mound.
In a country where the sun is always shining, the sun god Re was the
supreme deity, and the king aspired to join him in being reborn every dawn.
The pyramid form echoed the rays of the sun and its staircase like form
allowed it to serve as an instrument of ascension. Each of the pyramids was
capped with a pyramidal stone block, or pyramidion, and the carvings on the
one from Amenemhat III’s pyramid at Dashur confirm its celestial role for
the king; it is inscribed with a pair of eyes looking up at the sundisk and
hieroglyphs that read ‘Amenemhat beholds the perfection of Re’.
The ancient names for the pyramids themselves reveal a great deal about
their purpose as royal monuments and symbolic locations for the king’s
divine transformation and journey to heaven. The Great Pyramid is called
‘Khufu’s horizon’, and the other two Giza pyramids are called ‘Great is
Khafre’ and ‘Menkaure is Divine’. Other pyramid names include ‘Djedefre
is a Sehed-Star’ and Sahure’s ‘Rising of the Ba-Spirit’. Just because the
Egyptians were interested in the celestial aspect of the afterlife though,
doesn’t mean they had to be inspired by aliens. People throughout history
have been fascinated by the stars, and I don’t think anyone’s calling Galileo
an alien.
The pyramids themselves were clearly part of Egyptian religious tradition,

forming the focal point for the worship of the deceased king. Some of the
rituals involved cleaning, dressing, and offering food and drink to statues of
the king, who was undoubtedly human rather than green or tentacled. We
actually have records of the day-to-day activities centred around the
pyramids. The Abusir papyri preserve detailed records of the daily activities
at the pyramids and of the people who worked there, including schedules of
priest and guard duties; inventories of pyramid temple equipment; financial
accounts; lists of goods supplied and stored; and records of architectural
inspections.
The Egyptians had strong cultural, religious, and political reasons for
building the pyramids and there is no reason to question their purpose.
Some internet sites claim that the pyramids were never used as tombs,
perhaps because they now lie empty.
This is because they were robbed in antiquity for the treasures that would
have been buried with the king. There are still huge stone sarcophagi in
many of the pyramids that were clearly used to hold the royal mummy.
Funerary texts are also written inside the burial chambers of pyramids built
after the Giza ones. The temples attached to the pyramids were used for
mortuary rituals at the funeral.
Alien theorists often say that the pyramids couldn’t have been built by
such ‘primitive’ ancient people and it’s strange that the pyramids
suddenly just appeared out of nowhere
The main idea that most people use to support the theory of alien pyramid
builders is—and I quote—that ancient man was ‘primitive’, ‘living in mud
huts’, and too ‘stupid’ to build such sophisticated constructions. One
website states: ‘In the period 2500 BC man did not have the tools or
knowledge necessary to build the pyramids, so only aliens could have done
it. The angle of the slope of the sides is so precise only aliens could achieve
this. The blocks are so heavy and the pyramid so tall only aliens could
achieve this. How the aliens built the pyramids is not known, but they would
have employed the use of advanced construction equipment.’
First of all, these ancient peoples were nowhere near as stupid as the people
who make such statements. While we may have accumulated knowledge
over the centuries, our species’ brains haven’t changed at all in the past few
thousand years and ancient people were just as intelligent as we are today.
Before the pyramids were built, the Egyptians had developed agriculture,
writing, religion, astronomy, mathematics, metal-working and semi-
precious stones, sophisticated artwork and monumental stone architecture,
and had managed to unite the various people throughout the country under
the rule of one king. This was a true civilization, not a motley band of
savages. The pyramids of Giza were incredible achievements for the time—
expert Mark Lehner calculates that 9 million tonnes of limestone were
quarried between the reigns of Sneferu and Menkaure alone.
When you really learn enough about them, it’s not difficult at all to imagine
that the Egyptians were capable of such architectural sophistication. They
had a certain expertise in stone working that we lack today. By the time of
the pyramids, a corps of craftsmen had been developing their quarrying and
building skills since the Early Dynastic Period. We have evidence to support
the Egyptians’ responsibility for all the construction stages of the pyramids.
A similar claim for the sudden appearance of the pyramids from nowhere,
out of the supposed dark ages that proceeded civilization, is made in a
Discovery channel programme about the alien theory (!) in which the
voiceover states: ‘For two and a half million years our prehistoric ancestors
had been living in caves, passing the time by bashing stones together, when
suddenly everything changed and people began to build huge monuments all
over the planet. But how? And why?’
They blatantly ignore the fact that we have clear evidence for the evolution
of the form and building process of the pyramids. These perfections of
architectural engineering did not just appear from nowhere and the
Egyptians actually got it wrong in a number of early pyramids before they
were able to create the Giza masterpieces.
The first pyramid ever built, the Step Pyramid at Saqqara, started off as a
completely different style of building. Originally, a traditional mastaba was
built for the Third Dynasty king Djoser. The architect Imhotep then began to
make innovative changes by enlarging the basic structure to be a square and
then building a smaller mastaba-like square on top. But he didn’t stop there;
inspired, Imhotep expanded the building once again and added a fourth,
fifth, and sixth level to eventually form the Step Pyramid.
A remarkable structure with an extensive surrounding complex and

subterranean palace, it was still not a true pyramid with smooth sides. After
a few other stepped pyramid projects were abandoned by short-lived kings,
the first attempt at a true pyramid finally developed out of the stepped
pyramid of King Sneferu at Meidum.
The Meidum pyramid was originally intended to be a 7-step pyramid and

was then expanded to 8-steps and completed in the 14th year of Sneferu’s
reign. In his 28th or 29th year though, the
workers were sent back again to fill out the rest
of it into a true pyramid. Stripped of its outer
casing, the remains of the pyramid stand in
three large steps. Before he did that though, the
ambitious builder Sneferu began building
another pyramid at the site of Dashur that was the first pyramid intended to
be a true pyramid right from the start. Unaccustomed to building such a
structure though, construction began at too steep an angle, a slope of 60°.
When severe structural problems were noticed, the architects took
emergency measures and altered it to 55°. Still having problems though,
they changed it again to a more gradual gradient of 44°, resulting in a rather
odd looking pyramid, which has appropriately been dubbed the Bent
Pyramid.
Some alien advocates actually try to use this pyramid to support their theory
by claiming that the Bent Pyramid was just a shoddy imitation built by
humans to copy the aliens who build the Giza pyramids. However, the
pyramid is very conclusively dated to years 15-30 of Sneferu’s reign. This
first attempt at a true pyramid was so problematic though that Sneferu
abandoned it too, and started another pyramid at Meidum. Learning from
previous mistakes, the North pyramid continued to build on the
developments of Sneferu’s previous efforts, resulting in the first truly
successful and magnificent true pyramid.
Pyramids did not suddenly appear out of nowhere, beamed in by alien

technology. Only after all of these less successful attempts, and all the
experience gained by architects and workers, could the stage be set for the
construction of the greatest of world wonders.
How did the ancient Egyptians build the Pyramids?
Pyramid building was a long and complex process that took many different
stages and and an amazing amount of resources, but was well within ancient
Egyptian capabilities.
The Great Pyramid is composed of roughly 2,300,000 blocks and was likely
built in 23 years or less (the length of its builder King Khufu’s reign
according to the Turin papyrus). Stadelmann has calculated that to do this,
the builders had to lay c. 340 blocks a day. The general figure suggested for
the annual workforce is in the range of 20-30,000. Although it needed a
great deal of stone, the bulk of it would have been more easily moved as it
would have gone into the base of the pyramid, and even though the Great
Pyramid was the best constructed, the core itself was also rather sloppier
than the exterior, including many irregular stones and debris fill.
I will break down my discussion of the building process into the various
stages:
Planning
The Egyptians were careful and precise architectural planners. Even

buildings much older than the pyramids were laid out using an exact
measuring system based on a unit called a cubit (about 52.5 cm, which
could be further divided into smaller units called palms). Representations of
foundation ceremonies for temples show this measuring process, called the
‘stretching of the cord’, being done using ropes tied to wooden pegs
pounded into the ground. Many round holes that may have been for
measuring pegs have been found cut into the bedrock around the
foundations of pyramids and their temples.
The angle of inclination (seqed in Egyptian) for the sloped faces of the
pyramids was clearly calculated by the Egyptians using a simple and precise
method. The Rhind Mathematical Papyrus shows that seqed was defined as
the relation between the horizontal setback of the wall and the vertical rise
of 1 cubit. Pyramid alignment is further discussed below. There is also
evidence that they produced miniature architect’s models, much like is done
today, as part of the planning. Rainer Stadlemann found a small limestone
architect’s model for the innovative substructure of Amenemhat III’s
Hawara pyramid.
Quarrying
We know that local limestone was used for the pyramid cores and the
mortuary and valley temples, while finer limestone and granite were brought
along river from Tura and Aswan to use for the smooth outer casing.
The quarry used for Khufu’s pyramid is located on the plateau itself, 300m
south of the Great Pyramid, a huge horseshoe shaped chunk out of the
plateau, dug up to 30m below the original surface. Khafre’s quarry gives a
good example of how the blocks were actually quarried. In the open
limestone quarry just north of his pyramid, there are still the stumps of
3×3m blocks that were removed thousands of years ago with trenches in
between them where the stonecutters would have worked.
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Stone tools were used for quarrying. Blocks were cut by pounding channels
into the limestone using hammer stones to separate them from bedrock and
then detached using large wooden levers. Traces of these channels remain
and there are still a number of unfinished quarry blocks that lie almost
detached from the bedrock not far from the Sphinx, and in Menkaure’s
quarry, where huge lever sockets are also visible.
In an interview with NOVA, Mark Lehner explains the strongly human and
flawed side to these monuments:‘A pyramid is basically, most basically,
two separate constructions: it’s an outer shell of very fine polished
limestone with great accuracy in its joints…and the other construction is the
inner core, which filled in this shell….The core was made with a substantial
slop factor, as my friend who is a mechanic likes to say about certain
automobiles. That is, they didn’t join the stones very accurately. You have
great spaces between the stones…. And so they’d jam down pebbles and
cobbles and some broken stones, and slop big quantities of gypsum mortar
in there….
We saw in many places, even on the giant pyramids of Giza, the first
pyramid and the second pyramid and the third one, fragments of tools, bits
of pottery that are clearly characteristic of the Old Kingdom…. So you see
the pyramids are very human monuments. And the evidence of the people
who built them, their material culture is embedded right into the very fabric
of the pyramids. And I think I could take just about any interested person
and show them this kind of material embedded in the pyramids as well as
tool marks in the stones and say, hey, folks, these weren’t lasers. These were
chisels and hammers and you know, people who were really out there.’
Workers
There is actually a lot of evidence left of the ordinary people who performed
the strenuous building work, who weren’t aliens, but most definitely
Egyptian. While the total number of the workforce is speculative, we do
know about the division of the work force and the size of these groups. The
work force was organized by crews, each of roughly 2000 conscripted
peasants, comprising two gangs of 1000. Each gang was divided into five
groups of 200 men called zaa, also known by the Greek name ‘phyle’.
Within each phyle were ten divisions of twenty men. The gangs seems to
have been competitive and had names relating to the reigning king, for
example ‘Friends of Khufu’ or ‘Drunkards of Menkaure’, and they actually
graffitied their names on the buildings!
The stones from some of the Middle Kingdom pyramids have rough
hieroglyphs inscribed on them as notes for either scribes or controllers.
These notes consist of the date of transport, the workmen in charge of the
block, and the stage of transport. Some state ‘brought from the quarry’ or
‘removal from the quarry’, delivered at the mereyt (harbour or
embankment), ‘brought from the embankment’ and delivered to ‘storage
enclosures’. Other notes records that they were ‘brought’ or ‘dragged’ to the
pyramid, or ‘delivered to the ramp’. Herdsmen are also mentioned, who
may have been responsible for driving oxen pulling the stone.
The stones also have team marks written on them to record the name of the
team responsible for them. They may have been written and read by the
basically illiterate workmen themselves, since some involve true
hieroglyphs and others invented signs. Felix Arnold believes that the signs
related to the worker’s hometowns—which weren’t in outer space.
There are also written documents that deal with the pyramid builders.
Several of the Lahun papyri from the town associated with the pyramid
builders of Senwosret II document the dragging of stone blocks by groups
of workers.
Transport
The Nile River was the highway of Egypt and any finer stone that was
quarried from further away was transported to the pyramid site by boats.
Most of the stone was quarried nearby though, and wooden sledges were
probably used to transport the blocks over land. A 4.2m long sledge was
found by the pyramid of Senwosret III. At least some of these sledges would
have been drawn by oxen. A number of tomb and temple wall paintings
depict the transportation of stones by water and by sledges drawn by men or
oxen.
Roads and tracks were made to pave the way for these sledges. Worn
wooden beams were reused like ‘railway sleepers in tracks’ for dragging
heavy stones on sledges overland. Such tracks have been found at Lisht near
the Twelfth Dynasty pyramids of Amenemhat I and Senwosret I. Transport
roads, which also survive at Lisht, measure up to 36 ft in width. They were
made with a foundation consisting of a fill of limestone chips and mortar
with wooden beams inserted, over which a layer of limestone chips and
white gypsum was used to provide a smooth, solid surface. Water used as a
lubricant for the ground to make it easier to pull the sledges.
Transporting immense quantities of stone was not an impossible task that

would have required space ships, but well within the ancient Egyptians’
capabilities.
Laying the blocks
When the stone blocks were finally being moved into place, to preserve the
precise alignment of the walls, corner blocks would be set first and then
other blocks would be brought in on rollers but only levermoved into their
precise final placement using levers. For example, one of the casing blocks
of Khufu’s pyramid shows a lever hole in the base of the block that was then
filled in with plaster. But lacking in ‘alien perfection’, sometimes since
there were different teams working to lay blocks from each of the pyramid’s
corners, they could end up with a gap in the middle, which would need to be
filled with smaller blocks, as is the case with the pyramid of Meidum.
It is generally thought that ramps were used to move the blocks to the higher
levels of the pyramids. Certainly some of the proto-pyramids, the step
mastabas of the Third Dynasty show evidence of having had building ramps
on all sides. For true pyramids, using such ramps blocks could have been
towed to a height of 30-50 m, and at least 50% of blocks could have been
lifted that way. The Meidum pyramid shows traces that indicate a steep
ramp was applied to the outer casing. These ramps would not have been
difficult to build or dismantle since they would have been made from an
amalgam of limestone chip, tafla, and gypsum, rather than stone blocks.
All sorts of ramps have been proposed, from single or multiple straight ones
to ones that would wrap around the structure or zigzag up the face or even
internal ramps. Just because we don’t know for certain how the upper
reaches of the pyramids were built, doesn’t automatically mean that they
couldn’t have been built and are therefore alien constructions. There are a
number of different ways it could have been done, but sadly we aren’t just
able to ask the Egyptians which one is right. There probably isn’t even one
simple answer—a number of different methods could have been used.
But…pyramids would have been really hard to build!
A lot of website comments display a fundamental misunderstanding of the

nature of pyramids. One states: ‘There is no way that primitive man built the
pyramids. Even with modern equipment (i.e. cranes) we could not duplicate
that feat, those are megaton (1million ton) rocks. You could surround the
entire rock with men and it wouldn’t budge 1 . There’s no way with simple
ropes & pulleys that they moved those stones… absolutely NO WAY.’
While, yes, the pyramids would have been incredibly difficult to build and
required incredible expertise, they are not miracle structures. People seem to
think that you’d practically need magic to build them! They’re amazing
feats of engineering, but they’re certainly not inconceivable as human
creations. The blocks were certainly not a million tonnes each! On average,
they weighed about 2.5 tonnes. And the suggestion of lifting the entire
weight of the blocks with cranes would probably actually be more difficult
than the Egyptian approach, which was to drag the stones over wooden
rollers or slippery mud lined surfaces. We even have the remains of the
smoothed roads that they built to move them. Just think about it—while I
can barely lift my suitcase when it’s stuffed to the brim and weighing almost
30 kg, it’s relatively easy to move when it’s on wheels! By surrounding the
blocks with teams of men, it wouldn’t have been that difficult to move them,
and the Egyptians often used cattle to help as well. The NOVA pyramid-
building experiment found that 20 men could easily pull a two-tonne block
along lubricated tracks. Building the pyramids would have been difficult,
but people can be pretty clever when it comes to making work easier.
What about the pyramids’ extraordinarily accurate alignment?
Precision, according to one website, is only possible if you come from

another planet: ‘The pyramids are so accurately aligned with the points of
the compass that only aliens could have achieved this all those thousands of
years ago.’ It wasn’t visitors from space, but rather the observation of it that
allowed for the Egyptians’ great accuracy in orienting the sides of the
pyramids. Amazing precision could be achieved
just by watching the stars. There was actually a
whole institution within temples with priests
devoted to star gazing. The theory suggested by
I.E.S. Edwards is that using a horizontal circular
wall, a person standing within could mark a
star’s rising and setting points on the top of the
wall, with North identifiable as the bisection of
these. A more recent theory advocated by Kate
Spence suggests that the architects of the Great
Pyramid sighted on two stars (b-Ursae Minoris and z-Ursae Majoris),
rotating around the North Pole, which would have been in alignment when
Khufu’s pyramid was constructed. Supporting this theory is the fact that
inaccuracies in the orientations of earlier and later pyramids can be closely
correlated with the degree to which the alignment of these two stars deviates
from true north.
The perfect right angles of the pyramid were likely achieved using either a
set square, of which ancient specimens are preserved, or using a
‘Pythagorean’ triangle, which was known to the Egyptians before the
Greeks. They also used specialized surveying tools called the merkhet
(basically a plumb bob) and the bay, a sighting tool made from the central
rib of a palm leaf. Examples of such precision tools have actually been
excavated are square levels with plumb bobs, set squares, and vertical
plumb rods, and there are depictions of them being used by the Egyptians.
After each of the four corners of the building

had been plotted, the Egyptians would align
the straight sides by stretching a rope
between each of the corners in a ceremony
called ‘stretching the cord’. This method was
in use for decades before the first pyramid
was ever built, and was first depicted in the
reign of the Second Dynasty king,
Khasekhemwy.
But then why don’t we build pyramids?
Again, misinformation makes people assume

that since we aren’t building pyramids
ourselves, the Egyptians couldn’t possibly
have. As one person states: ‘How about the
fact that a group of modern scientists
attempted to build a pyramid out next to the
real one using modern technologies, and
after something like 100 days, succeeded in
building one about 1/40 of the size of the
real one????’
Well, again a classic example of wilful ignorance. I’m sure there have been
a number of experiments like these, but the major one that I’m aware of, the
NOVA pyramid-building experiment took 40 days to build a pyramid
measuring 20ft high. However, they attempted to use mainly ancient
technologies, they only had a team of 44 workmen, a short time period, and
a total lack of experience in pyramid building. And it was just an
experiment—they weren’t trying to build a real pyramid! Egypt had a state-
controlled system capable of acquiring and organizing the necessary people
and resources. The Egyptians would have used thousands of workers and
taken many years to build a proper pyramid, and just because we aren’t
building them too doesn’t prove that it was humanely impossible.
The pyramids of Giza form the belt of Orion
A theory proposed by Robert Bauval and Adrian Gilbert, notes that the
pattern formed by the layout of the pyramids is virtually identical to the
three belt stars of the constellation Orion. If one considers the details of the
Orion correlation it seems likely that it is pure coincidence. Orion’s belt is a
famous star formation partly because of the natural simplicity of its layout.
The arrangement of the Giza pyramids in that pattern was probably simply
because it offered the best sight lines. Basically the pyramids are laid out in
a diagonal line, rather than blocking each other. Khafre built his pyramid
after his father Khufu built the Great Pyramid and very cleverly situated his
smaller pyramid on the higher part of the plateau so as to actually make his
appear bigger than his father’s!
Bauval and Gilbert further pressed the Orion comparison by using computer
software to pinpoint the date in ancient history when the alignment of the
pyramids would have exactly mirrored the constellation Orion in the sky.
They claim this conjunction occurred precisely in 10,450 BC and therefore
this is the true date of the building of the pyramids by aliens, before the rise
of Egyptian civilization. However, there is absolutely no evidence that the
pyramids existed before the Egyptians did. There is overwhelming evidence
that they are the cultural, religious, and political products of the early
Egyptian state. The Giza pyramids were built during the 4th dynasty, which
probably dates to around 2575-2450 BC.
Radiocarbon dating, which is unfortunately not always that accurate, was

done on the Great Pyramid several times in the 1980s and 90s, (initially
funded by the Edgar Cayce Foundation, another group that wanted the
pyramids to date to 10,500 BC, believing them to be remnants of Atlantean
society!). The radiocarbon dates for the Great Pyramid ranged from 2660 to
3809 BC, slightly older than the historical dates previously assumed. Also,
the great cedar boat found buried beside the Great Pyramid was radiocarbon
dated to about 2,600 BC. So the pyramids certainly do not date from 10,500
BC!
So yes, the Egyptians, not aliens, built the pyramids!
Pyramid building became a great cultural tradition of the Egyptian and

about 30 key pyramids were built, not including all the accompanying
satellite or queens’ pyramids, over a span of more than 800 years—
remarkable monuments, for which the Egyptians deserve the credit.
The theory that aliens built the pyramids is built on fanciful notions,
misinformation, and a wilful ignorance that completely disregards any
scholarly research that contradicts the theory. Alien theorists have barely
anything to support their idea other than the tactic of attacking the
uncertainty of Egyptologists over the details of the building process. They
prey on the people who find inspiration in the concepts of the pyramids and
alien life and use them to fuel publicity for their sensationalist books and
television programmes. Both ‘Is there Life elsewhere in the universe?’ and
‘How were the pyramids built?’ are questions worthy of being asked, but
they belong to separate spheres of research and different periods of history,
and should be kept that way. Zahi Hawass, the head of the Supreme Council
of Antiquities in Egypt and the Director of the Giza Pyramids Excavation,
says of the people who believe in alien theories, ‘People like to dream. If
you meet someone who is not an archaeologist, they love to dream…but you
have to know a little bit about reality.’ While reality might not involve
conspiracy theories or UFOs, it can still be thrilling to learn about the real
people behind their creation.
We shouldn’t rob ourselves of feeling pride in the pyramids as a human

achievement. In building these monumentally inspiring constructions, our
ancestors built the foundations of civilization. We shouldn’t betray their
ingenuity with our ignorance, but celebrate it by continuing to build upon
the intellectual developments and inventions that made the pyramids
possible.
References:
Arnold, Dieter. 1991. Building in Egypt. Pharaonic Stone Masonry. Oxford,
Oxford University Press.Aston, B., etc. 2000. ‘Stone’ in Ancient Egyptian
Materials and Technology, eds. Shaw and Nicholson. Cambridge,
Cambridge University Press.Edwards, I.E.S. 1985. The Pyramids of Egypt.
New York & London: Viking Penguin.
Lehner, M. 1985. ‘The Development of the Giza Necropolis: The Khufu
Project’. MDAIK 41, 109-143.
Lehner, M. 1997. The Complete Pyramids. London, Thames and Hudson,
Ltd.
Quirke, Stephen. 1990. The Administration of Egypt in the Late Middle
Kingdom. New Malden: Sia Publishing.
Websites consulted:
http://www.outerworlds.com/likeness/aliens/aliens.html
http://netscientia.com/egypt.html
http://www.thekeyboard.org.uk/Who%20built%20the%20pyramids.htm
http://www.csicop.org/si/9909/fox.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrYiiqGBWe0
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59 Responses to “Why the aliens did NOT build the

pyramids”
1. on 24 Aug 2007 at 5:58 pm1 Pier
“…..people like to believe in things, things that are much bigger than
themselves, whether it’s god or aliens.”
It’s true, I think sadly true…..
2. on 25 Aug 2007 at 5:17 am2 Maryanne Gabbani
This is a terrific post. I have a million books on pyramids, but it’s great
to find something like this. I take people out on riding tours around
pyramids and chat with them about how they were built and what the
world around them looked like at the time….things that are somehow
easier to get your head around on a horse than stepping out of an
airconditioned bus.
3. on 26 Aug 2007 at 3:23 am3 Joe
yhea.
Makes sense. Like there is no god.
Life is made up of molecules, and it is an accident.
Scientist like you would have made the sky dull grey.
Your view is typical: you just don’t mention stuff that don’t fit in the
official theory.
–
Easy one: built-in hidden shafts in the pyramid. Just to spice things up
for the builders?
4. on 26 Aug 2007 at 3:30 pm4 Rene O"Deay
I like this. Great essay. Good points.
5. on 26 Aug 2007 at 6:52 pm5 Nate Turner
Outstanding summary. When people learn I am interested in the early

history of Egypt (I am a biologist by training and now work in
information technology) they usually assume that I subscribe to the
alien intervention myth. Actually what interests me is how, over a few
hundred years, Egypt re-invented itself … and I doubt any aliens were
involved.
There certainly are mysteries, and I’m sure errors in current

explanations. The way to move toward knowledge, however, is not to
bring in hypothetical aliens, but to study the humans who accomplished
so much so long ago.
-oz
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8. on 28 Aug 2007 at 9:33 pm8 Izzy
This is a fantastic article-very well written, concise, very nicely

summarised and informative. I assume you refer to the pyramid
builders as just workers and not slaves-I don’t believe the ‘mids were
built by slaves either. I think they were almost like voluntary workers-
they wanted to build them and felt proud to do so-even if it was a back
breaking and dangerous job!
Another thing to remember is that the Egyptians had a lot more time on
their hands than modern civilisation. Life moved at a slower pace back
then and they had the patience to put their effort and energy into
building pyramids and other monuments. It took time, but they had
time. I think I remember reading that the bulk of the building took place
during the flood season, which meant farmers were off work, so to keep
themselves occupied, they built pyramids.
I can’t wait to see your article about Egyptian innovations that are still
around today. We hear so much about the innovations from Greece and
Rome, and maybe Mesepotamia and China which are still around today
but not much about the legacy of ancient Egypt, other than it’s obvious
impact and inspiration on the arts and architecture. I always thought the
24 hour day was a Sumerian invention though, and I also remember
reading that the idea that the Pythagorean triangle was first found by
ancient Egyptians using a knotted rope triangle is actually a myth,
perpetrated by the ancient Greeks, and that there’s no evidence for it
otherwise…I saw that on a blog about maths for kids, but I lost the
link…
Anyway, I must say that I love your blog! It’s one of the best Egypt
blogs out there.
9. on 28 Aug 2007 at 10:45 pm9 SkippyJones
Much of Margaret’s writing here is well reasoned though I was

disappointed in her contempuous strawman arguments. I can assure you
that Bauval, Hancock and West are NOT arguing that the pyramids
were BUILT in 10,500 BC – rather they argue that certain symbology

on the Giza plateau points to that time period as a special time.
Margaret has mischaracterized the Orion’s belt hypothesis as well as
the alignment of the three pyramids – for the fascinating thing is that
the third pyramid is offset from the others, just as Orion’s belt is, and
just as Orion’s belt runs alongside the Milky Way so too do the
pyramids run alongside the Nile – forming, as it were, a Mirror of the
Heavens. The ancient Egyptians were deeply religious, astronomical
and mytho-poetic in their writing and thinking and practices. It is not
unreasonable to investigate the links between their mythology and the
constellations and their structures. Bauval etc. may ultimately be
incorrect in their theories, but they do not deserve the contemptuous
mischaracterization that Margaret saddles them with here. There are
still deep mysteries in Egypt, and their understanding calls for those
who can engage the complexities of metaphor, symbology and religion
to understand how they map onto the dry analysis that so many
egyptologists confine themselves to. Bauval should be applauded.
Let me also add: Bauval is definitely NOT arguing that ALIENS built
the pyramids. C’mon. Be reasonable. The only really controversial
thing that John Anthony West and geologist Schoch argue for is that the
Sphinx was built much earlier than the pyramids – that the egyptians
*restored* instead of built the Sphinx. There is evidence both scientific
(clear water erosion patterns) and circumstantial (why is the sphinx’s
head SO much smaller than his body – as though it is a different
structure actually – the weathering patterns don’t match, nothing).
Show me true evidence that defeats Schoch’s water erosion
argument….they aren’t arguing that aliens built the Sphinx…only that
they just don’t know….the erosion patterns are a true scientific mystery
(and NOT caused by flooding of the Nile, which would put the patterns
upwards)…and the symbology arguments..the Sphinx (lion) pointing
towards Leo constellation in 10,500 BC etc are circumstantial, but quite
fascinating when you take the time to immerse yourself in egyptian and
ancient belief.
11. on 29 Aug 2007 at 4:22 pm11 Margaret
Izzy, Nate, Rene, Maryanne: Thank you so much for the kind words!
I’m glad that you found it interesting and I appreciate your comments!
SkippyJones: I apologize for misrepresenting Bauval, Hancock and

West’s arguments- I only looked at a few websites and apparently they
were very misleading in their information. As soon as I get a chance, I
will do some further research and correct the post. Perhaps I was overly
dismissive about Orion’s belt, but I simply wanted to state was that
even if there was link between the the constellation and the pyramids,
there is no reason to suppose the connection is extraterrestrial based.
You put it very well yourself that for the Egyptians, religion and
astronomy were deeply interconnected. Believe me, I do appreciate the
incredibly rich complexities of Egyptian symbolism, religion, and
belief systems, but they were also very practical people too and it’s
good to keep both these sides in mind.
Joe: Wow, of course it’s obvious that shafts *must* mean that aliens
built the pyramids! We should ignore all of the overwhelming evidence
that indicates that the Egyptians made them, just because we aren’t
certain what the shafts are! Seriously though, I didn’t see the shafts
mentioned in the alien theory websites I looked at, so I didn’t include
them in the post. When I have time, I’ll add in a section addressing the
issue.
12. on 29 Aug 2007 at 6:25 pm12 Izzy
I too agree with there possibly being some astronomical alignments in

pyramids and other monuments. Even if the Giza pyramids are not
aligned with Orion or that it’s coincidence that the two patterns are
similar, it doesn’t mean that the Egyptians were not interested in what
was up there, because the stars were very important in Egyptian belief,
and that’s got nothing to do with little green men! There are many
references to a stellar afterlife in early pyramid texts and Orion was the
constellation of Osiris. Sirius was used to mark the year-and was the
star of Isis and the flood, and the circumpolars were where the dead
pharaohs were said to reside because they never set-they never died.
Which brings me to the shafts-I think they were symbolic shafts aligned
to certain constellations (I think the northern shafts aligned with
circumpolar stars, the southern ones with Orion and Sirius) so that the
ka was able to ascend to the heavens. But it was purely symbolic.
Personally I also think Bauval has some very valid points to make and
some interesting theories concerning Egyptian astronomical beliefs,
even if they are not very well accepted by general academia. It’s just a
shame that some of the more extreme alien theorists hijack these valid
astronomical theories, saying that it’s evidence of ‘alien intervention’
when in fact, it’s merely just ancient mankind’s wonder at the sheer
enormity and beauty of the night sky. Mankind has always been
fascinated and humbled by the universe and continues to be…
As for the sphinx’s erosion…I don’t believe it was caused by rainfall

during the old kingdom (because Egypt was definitely in an arid
climate by then) or that it was built 10000 years ago. I have my own
idea which I’ll comment on another time…
Margaret: What a thoughtful reply. And yes, you are absolutely right
that we must keep the Egpytian’s practicality, and the irrefutable
strength of scientific method, in mind. The theories of the ‘alternative’
egyptologists and archeaoastronomists are presented by the authors
themselves in such a simple, elegant and exciting way, which makes
them quite seductive theories. Alas, though, on closer inspection many
of their claims are lacking in rigour and the orion correlation is
somewhat tenuous, as well as the theory’s extrapolation to other ancient
sites such as Angkor Watt (which it is claimed mirrors the constelation
of Draco). There *is* a resemblance, but it is not precise, and the
builders could certainly have made it precise. Fragments of correlative
patterns can be found in almost any data set. The monuments of New
York City mirror the heavens also, so long as one is selective as to
which monuments and which constellations and at which times.
Nonetheless, I think Bauval’s correlation theory is an exciting idea, and
so long as it inspires careful investigation, a potentially promising one –
what I hope is that the upcoming generation of gifted and dedicated
egpytologists like yourself can find themselves as inspired by the
unorthodox as they are fierce in guarding the conventional. I would be
truly interested in your classical and critical take on the recently termed
’symbolist’ school of egyptology. I have enjoyed reading through your
blog. Best Regards, SkippyJones
14. on 30 Aug 2007 at 2:03 am14 angel
with all the babble i see in the comments and answers it’s no wonder
people turn to the simple theories of Aliens, it’s much more easy to
except in laymens terms. When commentaries by people who think
they are lumenaries in the subject. The other day i was helping my three
year old grandson with some leggo blocks and helped him build a
pyramid so i guess that means i am an alien.
15. on 30 Aug 2007 at 2:25 am15 angel
to much babble of the same info i was fed in college , to many

unanswerd questions ,to many mysteries which leaves fertile ground for
theorist to speculate and formulate fantastic stories and ideas. All that
you have shown and explained can be found in texts which by the way
are also theories because there are no proven facts to any of them.
Many can write about mathamatic figures ,star alignments,haevy stone
placements, slaves carrying blocks for i don’t know how many miles
for 23 years????? I mean we have got to get back down to Earth.
Eventually some one will come along and give us the real story . Untill
then i guess we will have to listen to all the crackpots.
16. on 30 Aug 2007 at 10:32 am16 Margaret
Angel: Why are aliens a simpler explanation? Humans are much easier
to understand. What evidence at all do we have of who these aliens
were, how they travelled here, what tools they used to build, why they
built them? There is nothing. For every mysterious aspect of their
building left unexplained by the ‘human theory’, there are twice as
many left unexplained by the alien theory. As you said yourself, we
have to get back down to Earth! There is lots of evidence here on Earth
that humans were responsible- how can you ignore that all? Why do
you find it so hard to believe? The world is filled with incredible works
of art and architecture made by real people, why should the pyramids
be any different? People can achieve utterly amazing things when they
really try.
17. on 30 Aug 2007 at 2:45 pm17 angel
You are right on all accounts indeed you
are Shesa-t Shesau and Steppu
Angel
Thes-usfu
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19. on 02 Sep 2007 at 7:57 pm19 John
I am fully ready to believe aliens built the pyramids just as soon as

someone definitively proves aliens exist and that they have visited the
Earth. Until then, I’ll continue to hold that mere humans managed the
task.
20. on 22 Nov 2007 at 2:25 pm20 PCH
the real question would be who built the gizah pyramids, not the others.
yeah, great argument… however, summerian texts and tablets mention

the 3 pyramids long before khufu or sneferu or imhotep.
carbon dating is irelevant. cannot date the pyramid itself, only some
objects related to it.
the discending inner shaft of the great pyramid, that has been closed for
thousands of years, was left unduplicated into the smaller pyramids
made by egyptians. why? becouse they didn’t know it was there.
wet-mud brute-force pulling of 2,5 tones of stone-blocks may work in

theory on plain ground. you tell me how they lifted those blocks to the
height of the pyramid. and while you’re at it, explain the water corusion
on the sphynx. or the flying vehicles at abydos. or the light-bulb.
good luck with that!
21. on 22 Nov 2007 at 2:37 pm21 PCH
oh, i almost forgot… how about the diorith sarcophagus? or the

perfectly polished diorith statues? how did they do them?
22. on 23 Nov 2007 at 5:25 pm22 G
personally i think a hell of a lot of this could be resolved by looking

into egypts culture properly, as many of the comments mention (both
by margaret and others). no-one can really state for certain who built
them because ….. we aren’t there now. so everything beyond that is
just theory, though obviously some theorys have more actual facts
behind them than certain extraterrestrial theories. there are many sites
on earth which have been assumed as such, like Tiahuanaco and the
Nazca lines. people like to assume we’re better than all our ancestors
just because we have electrcity, cars and can get round the world a fair
bit quicker than we used to.oh well.
btw, PCH, when u can read those sumerian texts for urself with 100%
accuracy, u can comment on them.
Peace out
23. on 24 Nov 2007 at 2:16 pm23 PCH
@G
the sumerian texts i was talking about are actually drawings. dont need
special education to see 3 pyramids as just exactlly what they are – 3
pyramids.
im not saying that et bult them, but the scientific comunity must accept
that there is a problem with this. alien theory, as far-fetched as it is,
may be more plausible than endorsing that a mangnificent civilization
just popped-up from nowwhere in the middle of the bronze age without
any external intervention – whatever external may mean. its not the
case with egyptian only, also the akkadian and sumerians. the signs of
such intervention from an advanced people are not so rare in ancient
history. the fact that there are things made thousands of years ago that
we cannot explain nore duplicate yet may change our perspective a
little.
24. on 24 Nov 2007 at 5:25 pm24 Margaret
PCH, there’s probably no point in arguing since you’ve already made

up your mind to ignore all the overwhelming evidence for the
Egyptians building the pyramids as opposed to the zero evidence for
aliens, but as G accurately points out it’s really wrong to assume that
people were primitive back then! If you really learn about the cultures,
you know that society was becoming quite complex and accomplished
in the lead-up to the building of the pyramids. They had exactly the
same brains as we do, so why couldn’t they do it? Here’s an example of
sophisticated Egyptian art from before the pyramids; I think it’s pretty
impressive: http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/permex/egypt/egn-nar2.jpg
And us not being able to duplicate what they built means nothing. Take
a look at these early Egyptian stone vessels from before the pyramids:
http://tinyurl.com/2d24jt I’d be willing to bet that neither you nor I
could reproduce these, but it’s just because we rely different sorts of
skills these days!
I’d be interested in knowing exactly what these Sumerian texts are that
you mentioned, since I studied ancient Sumeria at university and don’t
recall them having anything to do with the pyramids. It wouldn’t be
surprising though to have pyramid-like depictions, since they built their
own stepped structures called ziggurats.
Yes, carbon dating can’t date the pyramids themselves, but dating the
stuff around them gives us yet one more piece of helpful evidence to
add to the rest.
I’m not sure what differing shaft layout proves though. All of the
pyramids have different layouts for the shafts and chambers, even the
two other supposedly ‘alien-built’ ones at Giza but I don’t think it

means anything really.
I don’t know exactly how they lifted the blocks but ramps or pulleys
would have worked. Doesn’t mean that they couldn’t have done it just
because I can’t prove it by going back in a time machine.
As for the Sphinx (spelled with an ‘i’ not a ‘y’) and the supposed water
erosion (not corusion as you put it, or even corrosion), I’m not a
geologist so I can’t properly comment, but the Sphinx was carved in
situ from the existing natural bedrock itself so I don’t see why some of
the weathering couldn’t have happened to the rock before the Sphinx
was made from it.
I’m not sure what exactly you mean by the ‘flying vehicles at Abydos’
or the ‘lightbulb’ but if you’re talking about the supposed hieroglyphic
representations of a helicopter and submarine in Seti I’s temple at
Abydos, then I can tell you that I’ve seen them myself and it’s obvious
what they are to Egyptologists or anyone actually familiar with
hieroglyphs. There’s already a good explanation of it at this site:
http://www.ufocom.org/pages/v_us/m_archeo/Abydos/abydos.html
Finally, you mention ‘diorith’ sarcophagi and statues (by the way, I
think you mean diorite unless you were using the German word). First
of all, it’s entirely possible to cut very hard stone using percussion tools
of the exact same stone, so it’s not really rocket science, and while
they’re difficult to cut, they polish up better than any other stone. For
more information, there’s an excellent chapter on stoneworking in the
book Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technologies and some basic
info at this UCL website:
http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/stone/stoneworking.html
I hope that helps answer some of your questions. It sounds like you’re
pretty firmly entrenched in your beliefs, but all I can ask is that if you
want other people to keep an open mind about who built the pyramids,
you shouldn’t just dismiss the Egyptians either!
25. on 25 Nov 2007 at 1:55 pm25 PCH
Margaret
thanks alot for the answer. since i am not a native english speaker
please forgive the errors of spelling.
actually, i’m not at all “firmly entranched” – as u put it – in believing
that ET built them, however anyone could ask the same from one who
believes that egyptian – and no others – built them: not to be firmly
entranched in believing above all doubt that a society in the middle of
the bronze age managed to build such complex structures that easily
dwarfs anything else of that era in terms of technology, management,
human and material resources. i’m not dismissing egyptyans on the
subject – i am just saying that they had some pretty big help from
someone.
i will look up that sumerian tablet and i will come back with an answer.
however, the shape of a ziggurat is quite different from a giza piramyd.
i am familiar with the explanation about abydos hieroglyphic

representations and just doesn’t make much sense to me. try drawing
something on a piece of paper then put somebody else to draw anything
over your drawings: how many times do you suppose that the result
will be perfectly shaped representations of some things? not only one,
but 3 or even 4? that should be an amazing coincidence.
im not sure that ramps or pulleys would have worked. they would be
themselves a challenge comparable to the pyramyds.
“zero evidence for aliens” – well, some choose to speak about aliens, i
choose to speak about advanced techology intervention. the evidence of
this is not at all zero. beginning with the darwinian missing link to
extaordinary knowledge of astronomy and more accurate calendars than
we use today – even u must admit that things just dont add up in
ancient history. its just beyond common sense – at least in my mind –
that people that didnt know the wheel just happen to guess all the
planets of the solar system with their corect sizes, or built megalitic
structures with remacable astronomic features that we cannot duplicate
today with our state-of-the-art computers and metal cranes. im not
talking about the piramyds only, but about all the megalitic structures
around the world.
PS: im not an Egyptologist, i’m an architect. all i know about the

subject is from what i learned in college and what i studied for myself –
since i’m quite interested in ancient history. i may not know
hieroglyphs or cuneiforms, but i know buildings. there is no way the
bronze-age man could build the great piramyd in 20 years with bronze,
wood, string and sand. not 1 million people in 100 years. the effort
would be huge – not only buildind the thing, but designing it and
managing all the resources, the workers and everything else connected
to such an incredible enterprise. 20 years for the great piramyd is like
building the new wembley stadium in 1 month. it just cannot be done.
26. on 28 Nov 2007 at 6:52 pm26 steven ramos
ur theory of egyptian pyramids is obviously false there is no way any

human whether its 10 or 10 million can possibly build a pyramid out of
2,500,000 rocks that weigh tons with out any technology just pullin
them with ropes is a ridiculous theory i am not an alien believer myself
but i can say there was another force that helped build the egyptian
pyramids no matter how u feel on this situation u know there had to be
another cause in the production of pyramids in egypt and in your
answers to the questions above has plenty of puns in them u used storys
to avoid answering the question and if u think u can turn me to a
believer of normal humans building these pyramids feel free to message
me at the email address above and the discovery channel does not
corrupt the mind with pseudoscience it is their theory on the production
of pyramids and is far more believable than yours
27. on 29 Nov 2007 at 7:42 am27 Gerard Lally
I seem to remember that the argument to aliens was originally put

forward, mainly by Von Däniken (1968), on the basis of Manetho,
Fragment 2.4 (Syncellus) which refers to an argument by Panodoros
concerning
“ d e , at e t e ep t a sµ st
t ,s a as t af t e t p ”
However, Panodoros, although Egyptian himself, was here explicitly

attempting a synthesis with certain extremely doubtful Jewish sources,
such as Genesis 6,4.
It’s fun to delve into ancient texts, but I wouldn’t want to confuse fact
and fantasy. The Egyptians were a very proud people. They were not
into being pushed around by aliens of any kind; Nubians, Libyans or
even Wise Men from the East.
They credited their gods, such as Osiris, with substantial assistance, of

course, and if a person as apparently intelligent as particle physicist
John Polkinghorne can promote traditionalist Christian theology in the
21st century, then we are all clearly capable of believing anything.
When Lewis Carroll’s Alice Through the Looking Glass (Ch. 5) laughs
and says “one can’t believe impossible things,” the White Queen wisely
replies “I dare say you haven’t had much practice. When I was your age
I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as
many as six impossible things before breakfast!”
The harm of such philosophical Idealism, however, is that it leads to

misjudgement in practice. If, for example, you choose to believe, as did
the ancient Egyptians, that the brain is a bag of pus which swells up
inside the head after death, then you may still be able to mummify
corpses, but you won’t be much good at assisting the very impressive
and human science of Neurology.
Egyptology, like Neurology, has now evolved into something like an

exact science, which may perhaps explain why professional
Egyptologists like Margaret are so poorly tolerant of theories such as
those of Von Däniken.
28. on 30 Nov 2007 at 11:35 pm28 Margaret
Thank you very much for your comments Gerard. The eloquence of
your response speaks for itself and I’m sure the Egyptians who valued
‘perfect speech’ so highly would agree.
29. on 02 Jan 2008 at 10:39 pm29 abdel-rahman
This is a very accurate and probable way that you have used to describe
these so called “misunderstandings”. I truly also do beleive that the
pyramids can not be built even with the modern technology we have
today, the pyramids would require so much work that after the base
feature is done, everyone would be tired. Also a comment to “pch” it is
possible that they could have been built using the aged ways of
transportations and by having loads of people watching and helping one
another. There was many people that helped build this historic and
legendary site and many ask “How did they have shelter and food?”.
This i beleive is just a question that you can answer using common
sense, The egyptians were one of the first to allow slavery but they
beleived that these slaves should be treated well and should have the
choice to let their children to be free if they wanted. I am very happy
for this accurate peice of work and thank you.
-Abdelrahman,24(Egyptologist)
30. on 05 Jan 2008 at 1:18 am30 Javance
What about pyramids being on mars? There’s conspiracy on that? We

can’t possibly know the truth about everything. There’s no such thing
as knowing absolute truth especially if you don’t have the power to
reach that type of knowledge. Who knows the same people that believe
pyramids weren’t made by humans believe that probably humans were
once dumb ape ancestors. That’s maybe why one might speculate aliens
help or ad with the knowledge. I know humans like to believe there’s
something greater than them, but when it comes down to it to think that
we are the only intelligent living beings in the universe is just crazy.
Believing that humans never had any contact with aliens to help
discover the crazy things our ancestors did or the crazy things were
doing right now is just irrational, but there’s no such thing as an all
around rational person. Well I might be wrong sometimes you have to
think maybe we spend too much time looking at the stars, but instead
we should be looking at ourselves or others that have conceal
themselves on Earth. – Anyways I’m just going by my views my
subjective/objective reality and maybe…the aliens are or have been
living with us during mankind’s every step…Think about it. =l…=D
31. on 05 Jan 2008 at 1:48 am31 Javance
Maybe if we were all really intelligent humans well find out why we
serve crazy leaders. Maybe they’re more intelligent than us and we are
only left to believe were smart. The saying goes “The best slave is the
slave who thinks he is free, and the greatest fool is the fool who thinks
he is a wise man.” Who knows in order to stay in power you have to
keep knowledge away from others as the saying goes…knowledge is
power. Maybe aliens are too smart to leave evidence that they exist
maybe they don’t want us to know they exist. With the same voice you
can say “I believe humans rule the world”. You can say “I believe
humans rule the world, but yet I have no proof for that explanation.”
Everyone knows the media tells us all “true lies”. You can say that
humans might just be too stubborn to believe that something that they
can’t even fathom about can exist and rule over them without them
even knowing or even guide them. I might just be crazy thinking too
much for my own good. I know that our leaders don’t want us to be
critical thinks or else all there evil schemes towards us will be reveal.
Should certain aphorisms of philosophy be a wake up call to think out
of the ordinary. One aphorism I’ve always known was “The truth is
stranger than fiction.” Maybe it is and were just not ready for it, not
having the guts to embrace it, or were just too weak to realize it…Think
about it…Go figure. =P…=D…=l.
32. on 24 Mar 2008 at 12:13 pm32 Rita Ramsey
I enjoyed reading all this information but what I still cannot get to grips
with is, what happened to these creative intellegent Eqyptians as they
do not appear to be here buiding such wonderful sites/buildings any
longer
33. on 24 Mar 2008 at 12:26 pm33 Margaret
I think every civilization rises and falls in strength and creativity- the
Romans aren’t building great cities anymore, and the British Empire no
longer controls most of the world. It’s rather extraordinary that the
ancient Egyptians were as powerful as they were for so many
millennia!
34. on 31 Mar 2008 at 9:15 pm34 Osamu
Margaret, the eloquence of your response speaks for itself :”I’m not a
geologist so I can’t properly comment (!!!), but the Sphinx was carved
in situ from the existing natural bedrock itself so… I don’t see why…
some of the weathering couldn’t have…”
“I don’t know exactly how they lifted the blocks (!!!) but ramps or
pulleys would have worked. Doesn’t mean that they couldn’t have
done…”
…Also doesn’t mean that all couldn’t done far more developed
civilisation (not necessarily aliens but maybe not Egyptians). Exact
science??? Exact science are for example mathematics, physics,
chemistry…there it is not even possible to talking in terms like “I don’t
know”…or “why not this …They had exactly the same brains as we do
(haha, who prove that?), so why couldn’t they do it? (really
scientific…)”
BUT I’AM RIGHT (because I’am Egyptologist)! And you are wrong!
Medicine (neurology etc.) is applied science, but this theory IS only
another probability theory, like others, nothing more (but also nothing
less). Naturally, today’s Egypt people want to think (and have
economic and nation demands) that it was Egyptians. Also,
Egyptologists like Margaret have to earn their (budget?) money.
Perfect comments from Steven and Javance. Sorry for my basic
English, but I think that basic message is understand. Do not ignore
other approaches and declare it pseudoscientifical (technology,
archicture, physics). Our brains (same as ancient Egyptians?) also
worth.
35. on 01 Apr 2008 at 12:14 pm35 Margaret
Osamu, I fully accept your criticism that I can’t give absolute

conclusive proof, though I would point out that we still have a fair bit
of evidence in favour of the Egyptians. I’d wager that you don’t have
conclusive proof that someone else built them and there’s certainly
more proof of Egyptian involvement than of anyone else. I’m happy to
keep an open mind concerning any evidence of this ‘far more
developed civilization’ of which you speak. It would be very strange
though if the only evidence they left were the pyramids themselves.
I wouldn’t claim that archaeology is an exact science- we have limited

evidence that survives from almost 5000 years ago, so it’s unsurprising
that we have no absolutes.
As for ancient Egyptian brains, they were most certainly modern.

Anatomically modern Homo sapiens developed as early as over
160,000 years ago, and sophisticated thought had developed by 100,000
years ago (see for e.g.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article678145.ece ). The
Egyptians produced a lot of other wonderful things at the same time as
the pyramids were built (for example, this statue of the king
’supposedly’ responsible for the building of the second pyramid at
Giza: http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=46868&rendTypeId=4). If they
were so skillful in stoneworking to create such a masterpiece, why is it
so unbelievable that they could build a pyramid?
I’m not a paid Egyptologist yet, so I’m not earning any money for my
belief that the Egyptians built the pyramids. In fact, I’m sure that I
could earn much much more money by writing that aliens did build the
pyramids, since it’s a very popular theory and such books sell
incredibly well. But while people criticize Egyptologists for not being
rigorous enough with their theories and their lack of absolute proof, I
would remind other theorists that perhaps they could apply the same
criticism to themselves. Thanks for your comments.
36. on 01 Apr 2008 at 7:45 pm36 Gerard Lally
‘Exact Sciences’ like Physics and Chemistry are based, at the deepest
level, on probability, not any kind of ideal absolute. This is because
tiny fundamental ‘particles’ can’t make much of a dent in space-time,
so they ‘float round’ on the ‘surface’ of it, without classical attributes
like exact position. You can only say what they are ‘probably’ doing at
any one point.
The exactitude of Mathematics is open to misuse – for instance,

Hooke’s Law (relating the extension of an ‘elastic’ body to the force
applied to it) cannot be pictured as a simple straight line on a graph.
Lee Smolin (2006), in ‘The Trouble With Physics’ (page 30), rightly
says that “…mathematical beauty can be misleading. Simple

observations made from the data are often more important.”
Given, then, that we are operating in a world of necessary inexactness

and probability, the next requirement is to calculate accordingly. Now a
very low probability, say, of one in a trillion, is actually closer to zero
than what most people mean when they say ‘zero’. For example, I may
validly predicate of my beer glass that it is ‘completely empty’, but that
is only approximately true. There will almost certainly be a few drops
of beer left in it, corresponding to a probability of finding beer of
perhaps one in a hundred (i.e. about 10 millilitres per litre). Therefore,
although my glass is empty, I might just find some more beer in there!
I may however, with much greater assurance, state that I will not find
that aliens built the pyramids, though I do accept that some oppressed
people wish it to be true. They want to believe that somewhere in the
universe, an invincible superhuman power is watching us benevolently,
and will eventually liberate us. Some call this power ‘aliens’, others
call it ‘God’. Thus they begin with their ideal, and then impose it on the
evidence, when they should really begin with the evidence, or (in the
case of aliens etc.) the utter absence of it.
I think Margaret is wrong to “keep an open mind” about such low

probabilities. The phrases she and her colleagues use in connection
with the pyramids, such as “I don’t see why…”, “could have…”, “I
don’t know exactly…”, etc. refer to matters which are not “only
another probability theory” but whose likelihood is so great as to have
serious persuasive force.
37. on 02 Apr 2008 at 12:12 am37 Margaret
Thank you very much Gerard for clarifying the ‘exactness’ of science
and the rest of your elegantly logical comments.
To clarify my own words I must admit that I phrased my above

statement incorrectly; what I intended to say was that I would be happy
to keep an open mind *if* there was actually any evidence to support
an alternate theory. However, as far as I can see there is only
supposition and a disregard for any actual archaeological evidence.
38. on 02 Apr 2008 at 7:57 pm38 Gerard Lally
Thanks, Margaret.
The strongly felt need for superhuman assistance is nowhere better

illustrated than in the ‘Tale of the Eloquent Peasant’ itself. Grimal
(1992, 1994, p. 149) says
“… the final argument presented by the peasant is the recourse to

Anubis, whose influence is already suggested by the peasant’s own
name: Khuy-n-inpw (‘one protected by Anubis’). Does this mean that
justice on earth is maintained only because the tribunal of the gods fills
humans with fear for their lives?”
39. on 30 Apr 2008 at 7:58 am39 HM
Aliens did NOT build the pyramids. It was built by many skilled
egyptians who, without machines or technology managed to build great
structures like the pyramids! Instead of trying to fantasise aliens
building pyramids we should be thinking about not only how great they
actually are but also how great the people who built them must have
been!! I mean seriously!!!
40. on 22 May 2008 at 12:10 pm40 Rampage
My own personal belief is that mankind alone did not build the
pyramids, if at all, despite the hard sell on this website.
any way, if mankind did build the pyramids then they were built by
slaves (you can call them a work force all you want) overseen by a
tyrant, in which case there should be no pride in these “human”
achievement’s as they are a sick monument to tyranny and slavery.
Nothing at all to be proud of!
(I wonder how many slaves er…workers, craftsmen, died in agony
building those massive tombs for a few rich kings?)
41. on 14 Jul 2008 at 5:13 am41 Roger
Some of the replies are based upon a LACK of evidence. Some people
are evidently not satisfied with a “I don’t know and I may or may not
know in the future” answer. They evidently feel a need to make

something up because they MUST have an answer. Humans are quite
capable of inventing something completely new. A. Einstein’s theories
were incredibly new and decidedly different. So far, the’ve fared pretty
well.
Rampage: Tyranny and slavery. You are looking at it from today’s

perspective which is historically out of context. I am quite proud that
humans were able to make great achievments in the past as well as the
present, and future.
42. on 02 Aug 2008 at 5:48 pm42 memmy
No, The actual execution must have been by humans- slaves-

isrealites.But I think the concept/idea, Plan and know how must have
come from some one extra ordinary – not human.
Perhaps Aliens
43. on 10 Aug 2008 at 3:45 am43 huh
how do u exlain drawings of ufos & aliens on egyptian walls?maybe

egyptians did build the pyrimids but you cant say aliens didnt help
….theres no proof of aliens helping but alike..theres no proof egyptians
did it without help either……its a lose lose situation…..find sumat else
to post..you cnt prove it so why post it?..l..
44. on 09 Sep 2008 at 7:22 am44 tae
very helpful, I like to have an open mind though, and I wonder if you
actually believe in a higher power? Because if you don’t you would
have a strong bias against the alien theory, and if you do you shouldn’t
be so precoccupied with something so trivial
45. on 12 Oct 2008 at 5:04 am45 Craig
The major problem I have is How they got the stones to the Pyramid. I
have others but will tackle this one first. Everyone who believes in the
Egyptians built them, say they used the nile and transported the Stones
using some type of boat, barge, raft. But think about that logically. Do
you realize the size of the boat or wooden structure would have to be…
to float a 20 to 30 ton rock in water! And that the boat would have to
have some type of door that was leak proof, since how would they get
the stone on the boat? You are definately not going up a ramp and
dropping it in! 2nd) Dragging the stones across land using these
wooden bases or crates. The weight of the stones would cause so much
friction and drag that the wood would either crumble or just dig into the
ground. Try pulling a refrigerator across your yard using wood.
Wooden pallets crumble if pulled along the floor holding 200 lbs in
warehouses. Holding a 20 ton block would destroy it instantly. 3rd)
Getting these stones on the higher levels of the pyramid would require
ramps. Which most believe they built. Yet these ramps would have to
be nearly 2 miles long at the highest peaks, because of the angle. They
definately were not pulling 20 ton rocks up a 45 degree angle. And the
amount of workers is really moot, because of surface area. A rock that
is 10 feet wide and long has only so much space to be occupied. You
could only fit a small amount of Egyptians around the block. Even if 40
and I dont think there is room for 40, but if 40 Egyptians were able to
get a grip to raise the block…they would not be enough of them to even
budge it. 40 x 200 lbs equals 8000 pounds and that is if they could each
lift 200 lbs. Levers may help budge the rock but not move it in a useful
manner.
Then you state Eqyptians were very smart. This may be true but who is
to say where they aquired some of their knowledge. Our Universe is so
big and most people believe we are not alone. If Aliens were to land, I
am sure landing back then would have been much easier since the
people of that day didnt have weapons. Peaceful landing would have
been easier. These Aliens could have given them knowledge or devices
to make things easier. But just because they were smarter doesn’t make
it more likely they built them. The tools and the land around them is
what makes the “Building of the Pyramids” so unlogical. Brains alone
cannot do it. If Einstein was trapped in a raft with nothing and a
fisherman was trapped in another raft with nothing…and they were
both placed in the middle of the ocean. Who would survive longer?
46. on 29 Oct 2008 at 3:02 pm46 Ivan Jdrakov
This is the worst information ever!
If you only open up your mind, you’ll see that not only the pyramids
could have been built by Aliens but many other things which we try to
remake and call our own could well be made by Aliens! I’m not saying
that your site is stupid, but some of the information is just purely made
up! There is no record of how the pyramids were built, nor who built
them. People didn’t write their names on the blocks! Why didn’t
egyptians credit themselves for creating the pyramids if the actual
building process was so long and difficult???
BECAUSE THEY DIDN”T BUILD THEM ALONE!!!
47. on 18 Nov 2008 at 6:25 pm47 BENJY
after reading your argument i realize that maybe iv type an entire ten
pages of bull shit on how aliens built the pyramids but awnser these
two questions. Whats with all the pictures if aliens and everything in
the tombs? and what about that fungus never seen before on earth they
found in tuts chamber? NO ALIEN RELEVANCE STILL?
well thankyou for your insight anyways
48. on 10 Dec 2008 at 8:58 pm48 Jean Pierre
back in ‘75 when I was visiting Greece, Crete island, I met a group of
students who were investigating some ruins on the south side of the
island. A few day later I had the chance to talk with the man in charge
of the group, after a while, the discussion drifted toward egypt and the
pre- pharaonian dynasties. Is that true that many of the monuments,
stelas, pyramids and temples were erected before the first dynasty? And
that a few site are as old as 12,500 years? wich is about 7,000 years
older than the egyptologist believed. And according to what that man
told us, that the “writing” used at that time, was not based on
alphabetical icons but rather it was a mathematical inspired scheme of
désignating objects?
Thanks for your time and consideration.
Regards, J P Tanguay
49. on 03 Jan 2009 at 11:59 am49 alessandro bartolozzi
Thank for your suggestions, but what do you think of the natrium-
calcar process (calcare was dissoluted from sodium nitrate and then
used as we do with cement),I watch a consisten video from an

industrial chemist that show the entire process but I forget the name.
Hoever the big blocks was undistingueable from the carved ones.
On the estern layer is possible to see “dents”like some was flow out of
a stamp.
Thank,
Alessandro
50. on 15 Feb 2009 at 9:25 am50 Pewaccevealen
Hello.
I’m new there
Nice forum!
51. on 09 Mar 2009 at 1:05 am51 Tidgney
Hi,
Well i like looking into this and i believe that their are aliens out there,
and so on. Not many Official UFO sightings i believe, however i look
into this stuff in depth. Aliens as far as i would evidence back, have
been visiting us since 160,000 years ago, and have been introducing
modifications to human DNA.
Religion, as introduced for the fact that we wouldnt go to war with each
other which in effect had an opposite effect, and led to long believes.
I feel yes, man may have helped in the buildings of pyramids, but
theres so much calculations, theories behind the pyramids it surely cant
be 1 civilisation. I mean, surely at this time we are beginning to gain
understandings for alot of things, which you explain very well, with
mathematics and such. But if this is the case, surely ‘alien beings’ i.e.
not of earth origin. helped develop these to try keep the threat of wars
between people away, it makes sense. I mean large structures
unbelievable at the time would put fear into most, and more of a united
front formed. Obviously it didnt, but it also shows why recent activity
of UFO’s has gone up, alot more official sightings, due to less global
wars happening and more of a peace sighted front between most (Not
All).
I mean yes, i dont study astronomy or egypts history/ancient history.

But i think for the arguement to be better you should read up on alot of
theories, involving alien beings, then it could be more of a fair stated
arguement, as it seems very 1 sided.
Thanks
Martin.
52. on 22 Mar 2009 at 11:27 pm52 Ian
FOOD FOR THOUGHT,

If it was Egyptian technology that built the Pyramids, how come their
building knowledge wasn’t passed on, not only that, the ramps to get
the stones to the top of the pyramid would of had to be at least two
miles long and fifty to sixty foot wide, because you say the sledges that
carried the blocks was thirty six foot wide, not only that, how could you
get enough men round the two and a half ton block to push it into place
once you got to the top of the pyramid, that alone is puzzling?.
53. on 24 Mar 2009 at 10:59 am53 vorlon32
The ancient Egyptians new allot about basic engineering and

construction. This guy found away to move heavy stone blocks using
low tech methods, no UFOs or sorcery required.
http://www.theforgottentechnology.com/
As far as the drawings of aliens, they also worshiped the sun as a god
and thought he went into the underworld every night on a barge to
battle demons – but only if he could get past the giant serpent trying to
eat him! Ancient folks were very religious and also worship animals as
well. You would think that aliens would enlighten them and not just
pile up a bunch of rocks and then just take off. I wouldn’t confuse their
religions with UFOs or aliens.
54. on 21 Apr 2009 at 1:29 pm54 TB
A favourite argument of the “alien theory” defenders seems to be that

there is no evidence as to who built the pyramids. May I point out to
them that the workmen’s settlements, bakeries etc (equivalent of
canteens, I suppose), tombs and other infrastructure have actually been
found and are being excavated. The excavations also show that the
workers were fed well and had access to the best medical care of the
time!
And of course there are the still somewhat experimental earlier

pyramids (pyramid collapsing during construction, angles having to be
changed because things went wrong, starting with mud-brick sized
blocks etc. etc.)
And may I ask, do the people who see UFOs in hieroglyphic

inscriptions actually read Egyptian? If they don’t then it is a bit of a
Rohrschach test thing – I could find depictions of aliens in the
handwriting of some of my colleagues at work if I were so inclined!
55. on 17 Jun 2009 at 10:47 pm55 TS
It is depressingly typical that so many people, a number of whom have

posted here, honestly believe that a civilisation that existed before us
was capable of doing something which ‘modern’ society is not. How
massively arrogant. How totally condescending.
I hate to tell you this guys, but our ignorance how someone did
something in the past doesn’t automatically mean that they didn’t do it
themselves. Aliens? How about some extremely clever individuals, a
boat-load of ingenuity and a gargantuan workforce?
I’ve noticed a recurring theme about those here who dismiss the notion
that the Egyptians built the pyramids. First, you work on the
assumption that you, as individuals, know more about the practicalities
of large scale stonemasonry and construction than people who did it for
a living. You assume that if you don’t know how to do something,
anyone who lived 4,000 years ago couldn’t possibly know either.
Don’t get me wrong – I think the universe is full of possibilities and it

would be a massive waste of space if life didn’t evolve on other planets.
But seriously, aliens coming all the way here to build the pyramids?
Some of you asked why humans would build them. Why would aliens?
Oh and by the way, ‘aliens on tomb walls’ – I assume you’re referring

to Amarna period artistic depictions of the royal family – it’s an artistic
convention. It’s designed to communicate ideas which cannot be
expressed in words. Did Picasso paint his subjects as they actually
appeared? No. Does everyone think his subjects were actually aliens?
No.
And Benjy, what do you mean by a ‘fungus never before seen on

earth’? Mention the mummy’s curse. Go on. I dare you.
56. on 31 Aug 2009 at 6:12 pm56 amit prasad gupta
i think that the aliens built the pyramids because no evidence has been
found regarding the egyptians built such a well calculated structure,it
requires even more advanced technology than we have today to build
such a giant ancient megastructure.
57. on 04 Dec 2009 at 4:35 pm57 Alessio Offreda
The great pyramid was built in 22 years.. correct? That means each
block weighing tons had to be cut, transported, and placed every 9
seconds.. 9 Seconds. We would have trouble building the great pyramid
that percise today in 22 years.. So ur honestly trying to tell me that they
build that with all human power? perfectly? And they ment to put it on
the longest line of longitude and latitude right? Explain how it was
built, in detail. Im dying to know.
-Thanks
58. on 16 Feb 2010 at 2:12 am58 Ngoo Nam
Our ancestors, human ancestors, built the pyramids.
Just because no modern engineer or architect, that I know of, has come
up with the technicalities of building them with ancient world
technology and materials it doesn’t mean that one or many humans of

the BC era couldn’t have concieve such engineering marvels!
Just because the creators of the twin towers and the Seattle Space
needle and the Eiffel tower did not think of creating pyramids with
ancient world tech and materials does not mean the ancient engineers
and people could not have built them.
Just because the particle accelerator and atom bomb makers shake their
heads as to how the pyramids were made does not mean people
couldn’t have thought and built them (the pyramids).
The proof?
It’s there before your eyes!! The great pyramids stand before you in all
its glory, withstanding centuries of earthquakes, storms, floods and
other earthly calamities!
No aliens, no gods, just plain old human ingenuity created the

pyramids.
Don’t believe all this nonsense about ETs dumbing down the human
race. Don’t believe these modern people dumbing down the ancients
and you!!
Horrible! These modern people believing ETs only could have created
the pyramids are dumbiing down you and the human race!!! Yeah, they
are dumbing down your ancestors and your genes!!
Believe in the powers of the human mind and the strength of the human
body!!! Not ETs!
Again, human ingenuity built the pyramids!
Geeze!!
59. on 20 Feb 2010 at 10:08 pm59 xphynxy
It was refreshing to read all the above proposals, theories, rethoric

answers and questions, this shows that the human brain is a wonderfull
machine still fully untaped, as we all know. Curiosity? hunger for
knowledge? will lead us one day to find a proper sense to all these
lagoons of wisdom. Let’s keep searching, being curious, somehow the
light will show one day at the end of our tunnel of ignorance. All
scholars or not, should be humble enough to recognise that no one until
now, has the “authority” to ascertain or deny what is beind discussed
here. Cheers!
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Why the aliens did NOT build the pyramids

It has always pained me a great deal that so

Once I was actually asked in all seriousness for my professional opinion on

I am no great pyramid expert myself, so I must acknowledge an enormous

information derives, along with other Egyptological sources, all of which

Why were the pyramids built?

The pyramids themselves were clearly part of Egyptian religious tradition,

A remarkable structure with an extensive surrounding complex and

The Meidum pyramid was originally intended to be a 7-step pyramid and

Pyramids did not suddenly appear out of nowhere, beamed in by alien

How did the ancient Egyptians build the Pyramids?

The Egyptians were careful and precise architectural planners. Even

Transporting immense quantities of stone was not an impossible task that

Laying the blocks

But…pyramids would have been really hard to build!

A lot of website comments display a fundamental misunderstanding of the

What about the pyramids’ extraordinarily accurate alignment?

Precision, according to one website, is only possible if you come from

After each of the four corners of the building

But then why don’t we build pyramids?

Again, misinformation makes people assume

The pyramids of Giza form the belt of Orion

Radiocarbon dating, which is unfortunately not always that accurate, was

So yes, the Egyptians, not aliens, built the pyramids!

Pyramid building became a great cultural tradition of the Egyptian and

We shouldn’t rob ourselves of feeling pride in the pyramids as a human

59 Responses to “Why the aliens did NOT build the

It’s true, I think sadly true…..

2. on 25 Aug 2007 at 5:17 am2 Maryanne Gabbani

3. on 26 Aug 2007 at 3:23 am3 Joe

4. on 26 Aug 2007 at 3:30 pm4 Rene O"Deay

I like this. Great essay. Good points.

5. on 26 Aug 2007 at 6:52 pm5 Nate Turner

Outstanding summary. When people learn I am interested in the early

There certainly are mysteries, and I’m sure errors in current

[...] No other ancient civilization is so universally recognized and yet so

7. on 27 Aug 2007 at 3:00 pm7 UFOMystic » Alien Pyramids? Nah…

[...] Here’s a lengthy piece on why aliens weren’t involved in the

however, the author does make a strong case for a down-to-earth

8. on 28 Aug 2007 at 9:33 pm8 Izzy

This is a fantastic article-very well written, concise, very nicely

9. on 28 Aug 2007 at 10:45 pm9 SkippyJones

Much of Margaret’s writing here is well reasoned though I was

were BUILT in 10,500 BC – rather they argue that certain symbology

10. on 28 Aug 2007 at 10:54 pm10 SkippyJones

11. on 29 Aug 2007 at 4:22 pm11 Margaret

SkippyJones: I apologize for misrepresenting Bauval, Hancock and

12. on 29 Aug 2007 at 6:25 pm12 Izzy

I too agree with there possibly being some astronomical alignments in

As for the sphinx’s erosion…I don’t believe it was caused by rainfall

13. on 29 Aug 2007 at 6:47 pm13 SkippyJones

14. on 30 Aug 2007 at 2:03 am14 angel

15. on 30 Aug 2007 at 2:25 am15 angel

to much babble of the same info i was fed in college , to many

16. on 30 Aug 2007 at 10:32 am16 Margaret

17. on 30 Aug 2007 at 2:45 pm17 angel

You are right on all accounts indeed you

are Shesa-t Shesau and Steppu

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19. on 02 Sep 2007 at 7:57 pm19 John

I am fully ready to believe aliens built the pyramids just as soon as