who built the pyramids?

Question

aliens, people?

Answer 1

The Pyramids. According to common perception they were built, with the begrudging help of great armies of slaves, by the ancient pharaohs of Egypt as tombs for preserving their royal bodies. Pyramids were meant to be monuments to the pharaoh's greatness, filled with great treasures for the afterlife. To construct these massive shrines, the pharaoh's copied the oldest and largest pyramid of all, the Great Pyramid of Giza.
But the Great Pyramid itself contains no pharaoh's body, no treasure chamber, and no treasures.


Clearly, whoever built the Pyramid had access to information beyond that which earthlings possessed at the time, at least earthlings as we know them. Now, one can argue that we were visited by scientifically advanced beings from outer space who taught us their technology. That is possible from the evidence presented, perhaps even likely. If so, these advanced beings had the paramount goal of leaving behind a message that would endure for eons.

Suppose these beings decided to leave a message. The message would have to be universal yet simple. It would have to survive the centuries and be understandable by all the Earth's inhabitants despite language and cultural differences. The message would have to be understood by many languages that would not come into existence for centuries after the message was written.

So far the message indicates that whoever built the Pyramid knew the Earth well: the length of the year, the radius of curvature, the standard measurement techniques, the average height of the continents, and the center of the land mass. They were able to consruct something that we still cannot construct today, and they were able to tie all these things together in this single structure. Were they extraterrestrial, or perhaps even supernatural? The answer is not yet clear. However, thus far we have examined only the outside of the Pyramid.

Answer 2

In the belief system of ancient Egypt the pyramid was a resurrection machine for the Pharaoh. If Pharaoh was resurrected then the people he ruled over were also resurrected. Great attention was paid to every detail of the burial process as the fate of the society was dependent upon it. So the people had a vested interest in the construction process and devoted much of their time to the project. Slaves and paid employees were only use on some of the projects, the vast bulk of the worker were volunteers. The first recorded strike in human history occurred at a pyramid site, and it ended when Pharaoh sent in the chariots. The technology of pyramid construction was built up over time and the builders sometimes made mistakes. There is one pyramid with two different angles because the builders got it wrong and the stone cap was too heavy for the base. The Egyptians were a river culture and moved the stone blocks on raft like sleds, not free rollers as was originally thought. Ramps were used to pull the blocks into place and removed afterwards. The pyramids were coated in decorated material and painted, but this has long vanished. In Egypt they say, man fears time, but time fears the pyramids.

Answer 3

Egyptian slaves built the pyramids. though the Pharaoh is intombed in the pyramid.
the slaves or build the pyramids out of bricks.
that to this day have lasted almost intact,
with only ancient tools and materials to make the pyramids

Answer 4

People built the pyramids but I believe the people were of superior intelligence and the pyramids have uses that are beyond our current knowledge.

Answer 5

Humans built all the pyramids that are on the Earth.

Answer 6

I'm voting for aliens.

This is for all those people who believe that men of that era were incapable of the mathematics and ability to build the pyramids without help from our little green/gray friends.

Answer 7

For the most part humans made them, but the whole idea behind them and the way they were built aligning the constellation orian or something is creepy enough to assume they had some help from other kind of life.

Answer 8

People.
Anything alien creatures advanced enough to visit the earth would be capable of building something way cooler than a symetrical pile of bricks.

Answer 9

Egyptian slave workers that believed their Pharaoh was the son or daughter of Ra, the sun god.
They usually followed them with complete obedience because they always thought that if they were to stand up to the pharaoh, they would be struck down by the gods

Answer 10

Pyramids R Us - Haven't you ever heard of them?