The belief that the pyramids were not built by human hands has fascinated conspiracy theorists for decades. No one promoted that idea more persistently than Swiss author Erich von Däniken, often ...

History is rather dull and unexciting to most people, which naturally invites exciting flights of fancy that can range from the innocent to outright conspiracies. Nobody truly believes that the ...

In July 2020, Elon Musk tweeted “Aliens built the pyramids,” clearly in jest. The comment went viral—prompting Egyptologist ...

The mystery of how the Ancient Egyptian pyramids has been reignited by the death of a Swiss author, who famously argued that early human civilisations received help from extra-terrestrial visitors.