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Elon Musk tweets that aliens built Egypt's pyramids

The conspiracy theory that aliens built the marvels is unfortunately common.

Al-Monitor Staff
Al-Monitor Staff
Jul 31, 2020
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People take pictures of the Great Pyramid of Giza outside the Egyptian capital, Cairo, where a laser projection writes "Stay home, all united" on March 30, 2020, amid the spread of COVID-19. On July 31, California entrepreneur Elon Musk tweeted that aliens build the pyramids. — KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images

Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk tweeted the unsupported theory that the pyramids in Egypt were built by aliens today.

“Aliens built the pyramids obv,” the SpaceX and Tesla CEO said in a tweet today.

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