Why aliens built the pyramids

Africa Today podcast. Image source, Getty Images. The tombs of the pharaohs were constructed thousands of years ago. Aliens built the pyramids obv — Elon Musk elonmusk July 31, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.

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This includes 17 previously undiscovered pyramids. According to Parcak , " Our entire understanding of Egyptian history is based on these few discoveries. What we have discovered so far is just the tip of the iceberg. Parcak and her team's ground breaking work using satellite imagery as an archaeological tool is fascinating, combining two of my passions, history and technology. Conspiracy theories make the world go round or flat. The greatest hits include the Illuminati, lizard people and Avril Lavigne being a clone , but none have endured quite like the theory that ancient aliens built the pyramids.

What they all believe, in one form or another, is that the pyramids in Ancient Egypt were built by outer-space terrestrials who likely use them as a way to monitor and observe planet Earth.

But where, of every absurd belief in the world, did the idea that aliens built the pyramids come from? I decided to poll my Instagram and Twitter following to see how many of the people I regularly enjoy beers with also harbour a belief that aliens knocked up the Egyptian pyramids and, if so, why.

Twitter came in at 24 percent, Instagram