Published 17:07 IST, August 3rd 2020

'Complete hallucination': Egyptians school Elon Musk for saying 'aliens built pyramids'

Sparking a controversy, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, on August 2, tweeted that Egyptian pyramids were ‘obvs’ built by aliens. However, it soon attracted online flak.

Reported by: Riya Baibhawi
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Sparking a controversy, X CEO Elon Musk tweeted that Egyptian pyramids were ‘obvs’ built by aliens. He also supported his ‘conspiracy ory’ by an article from Wikipedia and a tweet about Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II. His tweet immediately caught everybody’s attention including that of Egypt’s International co-operation minister Rania al-Mashat who invited him to visit country and explore how pharaohs and t alien constructed great architectural pieces.

However, it was t only Egyptian diplomat who schooled Tesla CEO about pyramids. His tweet soon caught netizen's eye ultimately triggering some rib-tickling reactions from netizens. While many slammed Musk for underestimating capacity of ancient builders many or dished out hilarious memes.

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t only netizens but also archaeologist Zahi Hawass responded to Musk by saying that his argument was ‘complete hallucination’. According to a local Egyptian media outlet, Hawass said that he found tombs of 'pyramids builders' that tell everyone that builders of pyramids were Egyptians and y were t slaves. 

After Hawass’ comments, Musk, in ar tweet, ackwledged that pyramids were built by humans. He also shared an article explaining how y were erected. In a separate tweet, he even informed that ‘ Great Pyramid’ was tallest structure made by humans for 3,800 years. Currently, re are over 100 surviving pyramids and most of m were built as tombs,  final resting place for Egypt’s royalty. 

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17:08 IST, August 3rd 2020