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Ancient Aliens: Who Really Built the Pyramids?

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The Birth of the Ancient Alien Theory

This chapter examines the origins of the theory suggesting extraterrestrial involvement in the construction of the Egyptian pyramids. It chronicles the journey of a Swiss writer in the 1960s whose ideas, influenced by the space race and cultural interpretations of ancient deities, reached widespread acclaim after his manuscript was published.

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