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

Sparking a controversy, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tweeted that Egyptian pyramids were ‘obvs’ built by aliens. He also supported his ‘conspiracy theory’ 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 the country and explore how pharaohs and not alien constructed the great architectural pieces.

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

'Is it a joke?'

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Not 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 the tombs of the 'pyramids builders' that tell everyone that the builders of the pyramids were Egyptians and they were not slaves. 

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