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Aliens Didn’t Build the Pyramids — Here’s Why That Idea Doesn’t Hold Up Few ancient monuments spark as much fascination as the pyramids of Egypt.  Rising from the desert with astonishing precision and scale, they have inspired centuries of awe — and, more recently, a popular internet myth: that extraterrestrials must have built them. It’s an intriguing story. But archaeology, engineering analysis, and decades of research into Ancient Egypt tell a much more grounded (and arguably more impressive) truth: the pyramids were built by skilled human hands, using organised labour, ingenious engineering, and the resources of one of the world’s earliest complex states. Here’s what the evidence actually shows. The pyramids were a human achievement rooted in Ancient Egypt The most famous pyramids, including those at the Giza plateau, were constructed during Egypt’s Old Kingdom period more than 4,500 years ago. The crown jewel of this complex is the Great Pyramid of Giza, built for Pharaoh Khuf...