Mankind is responsible for numerous achievements in technology, arts and science.However, how much can this attributed solely to the human mind or is there another reason man has achieved such incredible feats throughout history.To look at ancient structures built thousands of years ago, how could such primitive man have built such architectural wonders that remain standing today?This is a question that archaeologists and historians have sought to answer by interpreting relics and other archaeological finds and by analysing ancient texts. However, some people believe that the real explanation for our significant human achievement is a by receiving a little òÀÜout of this worldòÀÝ help from some distant friends.
A very infamous Swiss author Erich von D†äniken is partly responsible for bringing the theory of the ancient astronauts sometimes also called ancient aliens to the mass consciousness.In his 1968 book Chariots of the Gods Von D†äniken suggested that thousands of years ago life from another planet visited Earth and gave us the knowledge to advance as a civilisation. He states that many religious texts refer to divine spirits coming from the sky above therefore claims that this òÀØevidenceòÀÙ suggests these beings descended to Earth and taught humans how to live and develop religion along with many other skills. Von D†änikenòÀÙs book became a bestseller and subsequently he has published many other titles along the same vain. Von Daniken was later discovered to have conveniently produced evidence of òÀØancient potteryòÀÙ with UFO style artwork, which turns out to be untrue and was instead purposefully produced to support his claims.
Von D†änikenòÀÙs claims are not a completely unique concept.Another author Zacheria Sitchen famous for his idea of Nibiru, a mysterious 12th planet lurking in the Solar system writes that natives (advanced human-like creatures) from this planet arrived on earth to mine gold many hundreds of thousands of years ago. They trained primitive humans to conduct the manual labour required therefore giving birth to modern man.ˆà Two rather more credible authors, Carl Sagan and I.S. Shklovski in their 1966 book Intelligent Life in the Universe dedicated a chapter to the idea that perhaps alien life has visited in the past, however they do emphasis that this idea is merely guesswork and is unconfirmed. Many science fiction novels and movies have also toiled with this idea, including a short story published in 1918 written by Jack London which features an ancient civilization worshipping some kind of alien UFO, although the idea of alien visitors to Earth being worshiped as gods really took off in the weird fiction of HP Lovecraft ).ˆà Movies such as òÀÜ2001: A Space OdysseyòÀÝ also look to idea that early man is influenced by a kind of extraterrestrial find, and due out his year òÀÜPrometheusòÀÝ also promises to explore the origins of mankind in order to save it.
Image Bent pyramid of Dahsur.Change of mind with angle during construction.Credit:Wikimedia
Many ancient astronauts theorists point to architectural masterpieces such as the Pyramids of Giza and suggest they would be impossible to build without todayòÀÙs technological know-how.The ancient Egyptian Pyramids of Giza are an impressive and spectacular feat.The largest stands almost 139m (456ft) thought to have been originally taller perhaps up to 8m (26ft) taller but over time has eroded and shrunk.This pyramid was not the first and also ancient Egypt is not the only country to have large pyramid structures.Pyramids were built as burial sites for ancient pharaohs and a trial and error approach to building can be witnessed through the numerous different pyramids built.Before the construction of the true pyramid (like Giza) Egyptians used structures called mastabas as burial chambers.These were originally long with almost totally vertical wall.They then developed by extra layers added around the base for extra support in turn becoming a step pyramid.Other structures such as the bent Pyramid of Dahshur give more support to the idea of man working out a system for themselves.
The ancient Pharaohs had a large workforce of thousands of skilled workers dedicated to building the Pyramid of Giza and as the saying goes many hands make light work.
Image Moai head brought to Britain in 1868 on display at the British museum.Credit:Wikimedia.
Other such statues such as the Moai heads on Easter island, thought to date back to 1000-1200 AD are supposedly influenced by strange visitors.The Polynesians were the first to arrive at Easter Island many years before the Europeans.Many statues sit near the coast keeping a watch over the island; this may have been purposeful to ward off invaders.The tallest erected statues stands at 10m (33ft).The basalt stone would be a hard stone to carve and ancient astronaut theorists believe a human could not have possibly achieved such a feat.However the large statues do not have lots of little details, which would be difficult with just a stone chisel.
Instead the faces have simple carved features, and the arms are thin on the bodies with hands not defined.These statues are big so the features could be achieved.They are solid and heavy so many questions are pondered as how they became erected and often onto large plinths.However, in 1868, English ship HMS Topaz arrived at Easter Island and locals moved a four ton statue called Hoa Hakananai’a (hidden friend) to the beach and floated it by raft to the ship to be brought back as a gift for Queen Victoria.If man is capable of moving the statues a few hundred years ago then surely this suggests that they were able to before.
Image Nazca lines in peru.Giant alien or ancient man?Credit:Wikimedia.
Many other mysterious finds are yet more ammunition for the ancient alien hypothesis, such as crystal skulls.ˆà Just as Indiana Jones is fictional many of the crystal skulls discovered once analysed under microscopes are thought to have been manufactured in the 19th century. Also many strange statues and images reminiscent in shape of an aeroplane or bird have been discovered both in sculptures and images. In scripts from India 2000 years ago people claimed to have seen flying machines called vimanas. There were different types, one with man-made wings like a plane and the other a disc shape, must be the aliens or perhaps just some ancient sci-fi or perhaps we now this see these objects with hindsight and try and fit them in something that make more sense to us such as an aeroplane. Even more ancient carvings such as the Nazca lines in Peru have been explained that their creation was to act as a runway for ancient aliens. Giant carvings in the sand show pictures of people, animals and birds, these carvings in the sand are not very deep but have remained preserved due to the lack of rain fall. Ancient people drew what they saw and how they lived and maybe the desert was a perfect blank canvas.
(Article by Martina Redpath)
There is an video of Nat Geo also regarding this topic “Did Aliens Build The Pyramid?”. Please watch that also
Why don’t you give us a summary and tell us what is so interesting about it?
The properties of stone as a construction material and whether ancient cultures built pyramids due to some shared linkage or because a pyramid is the only large structure you can build – http://youtu.be/f5gjbC9AuEo
Of interest in considering the buiding of the pyramids are some Great pyramid stats:
– 2.3 million blocks (approx)
– covers 13 acres
– top aligns within 1/4 inch of centre of pyramid
– pyramid aligns v.accurately to NSEW of earth
– some block were in the 200 ton range (Sphinx)
so does the ‘conventional’ view or reasoning add up? . .
How about the video Nassim Haramein – The Pyramids & Orion Belt – actually part of a longer talk this fellow gave – makes you think about the buiding of the pyramids and other megaliths!
Other Videos to consider:
– Ancient Sumerian Astronomy
– Ancient Knowledge full movie
Well worth watching all the way through – enjoy . . it could change your reality.
The question has constantly been ask,if the pyramids were built by aliens.My answer to this is based on facts not probabilities or suppositions.there are so many conditions that can would easily steer us in the path of doubt which can make us feel that people of that time could not possibly build those monuments.However,lets not forget that every structure of any kind has a blue print.Some how modern man believes only him alone has the ability to carry out such marvelous feat I consider that “cockie and ignorant”When Alexander went into Egypt, one of the things he did was to burn down the library,the very library that might have had the answer to all the ancient mistery.Remember,where ignorace is blitz it is folly to content.I think ancient man had the ability to build those great wonders of the world and not some aliens coming from the sky.Lets be real, black people build those monuments.
a sensible person will recognize that primitive man living in caves could not have built the pyramids only aliens are responsible
Are you really, really sure that ancient Egyptians were cave men?
I believe the point is that we were cave men, hunter gatherers. Then one day we are building these monolithic constructions all over the world. All ancient cultures talk about sky gods decending from the sky with bright lights, thunder, fire and smoke. These many gods taught us and mated with us. The Sumerians imply they came here 400,000 years ago to mine gold to repair their atmosphere. Then they manipulated the indigenous hominids to be a work force. Look at Puma Punku in south america, explain that. Theres just so many ancient writings of these sky gods, The yellow emperor in china as an example. Then consider all the sightings today of ufo’s, by reputable air line pilots. We have been trained to ignore the facts, since the first ancient library was burned. To erase our ancient knowledge, and ushered in the dark ages.
All of these conceptions to harp on Caucasian superiority and call the rest of humankind “primitive” and that aliens built it all is a bunch of crap! Then again, since African’s built most of what you talk about, no wonder you think so crazy as to convince yourselves that aliens built them. They were some pretty dumb aliens if all they built were pyramids and the like – rocks and stones and not one micro chip. I heard that the aliens built the Empire State Building and the Sears Tower – see how freaking silly and racist you are? Only if ignorance were a crime – yes you would be locked up for life. Since I know you, the web master, won’t dare publish this – yes this is for you.
Dear Kevin, thank you for your comment but have you actually read the article? We are in complete agreement with you that every monument and historic artefact on Earth was built by human beings without help, advice or inspiration from aliens. We do not support the theory implied by the ancient alien enthusiasts that human beings are incapable of engineering innovation and we regard this as having unpleasant racist overtones.
I cannot understand how you can believe we favour this absurd fantasy. I hope that you can find the time to offer us an apology.
What a load of nonsense….seriously please remove this article
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Dear Dingo, I am afraid that we cannot just take down this post on your say so. It might be very useful if you could explain why you think it should be taken down.
I’ve always wondered if the worlds pyramids have been purposely positioned with the worlds latitude lines. When the earth rotates the pyramids act as notes played on a musical scale….much like a mechanism in a jewelry box..The earth may have its own song..
Dear Roger, thanks for your comments, but remember, lines of latitude are an entirely artificial construct, they have no physical significance at all!
It’s no mystery how these great structures were built. Lots of slaves and lots of whips. Really big whips.
And a couple of vimanas of course
It is quite evident that this internet site lures people to it by implying ETs built the pyramids and then when you read this site the author slowly and methodically tries to convince you that humans built the pyramids. Its a way of attempting to passively program a persons mind into BELIEVING that humans built pyramids but that people think aliens did based on conjecture and conspiracey theories. No. Humans did Not build the great pyramids nor did humans even help to build the Great Pyramids. ETs built them as proved through scientific evidence. This author has NO EVIDENCE THAT HUMANS built them he has only the directives to try and convince people that ETs did not using no logic…using no evidence…using no acurate dating processes…using no credible quoted sources. The author BELIEVES in his heart that humans built them. We…we thinking people need more than this authors FEELINGS or his BELIEF system. We need proofs and facts. This author has none but countless credible scientists have proved ETs built them. This author is a contracted TROLL. Read a real web science site for the facts.
Dear VonBraun, thank you for your comments. It would be really helpful if you supplied a link to the paper which confirmed the pyramids’ extraterrestrial origin. Please also check the name of this article’s author!