To see the pyramids as something foreign to Egypt, something constructed by those of other worlds be they not of earth itself or of other lands, is culturally seen the most popular vision of foolish insanity in the field of archaeology today. If, however, we were to consider this theory and test its validity against actual scientific reasoning we must look at it carefully and judge its “merits” against the actual pyramids/archaeology. First and foremost when it comes to aliens constructing The Pyramids, is the question of ‘why’. Why would an advanced civilization from beyond the solar system feel the need to build three massive structures of granite and limestone? Surely better and more advanced materials would be more useful for anything they’d need to build here on Earth. Yet also, we’ve studied these things inside and out. They are tombs. Not installations, or some sort of secret machine for aliens. Perhaps a gift for the locals? Maybe? Or were Khafra, Menkaure, and Khufu aliens themselves? These assumptions and leaps of logic balloon from this point onward. The Archaeological record would indicate all of these things, not just through hidden messages or codes. It would be blatant. This is a generalization, but culturally speaking, Egyptians were a proud people devoted to their gods, but also aware of the various peoples of their world. Any event of a foreign power descending from the sky into Egypt from the sky or foreign land would undoubtedly have been depicted somewhere. Egyptian archaeologists and historians have been able to use art in tombs to differentiate peoples of Syrian, Canaanite, and Sub-Saharan African origin. Aliens would not simply have been made into generic deities.

Atlantis’ existence would be more a question of geology than anything else. An entire continent could not simply vanish into the depths of the sea. There would be geological consequences and leftover marks in the crust that it indeed happened. With modern mapping technologies, we’ve found none. Had Atlantis existed, and had it been a hyperdiffused civilization, the lasting impacts would still be felt and evidence tangible for living societies. Shared artistic motifs, linguistics, and architecture would be found in their successor societies across the world. Yet, as we’ve seen and continue to see, this is false. Beyond some structural similarities between a few pyramids, there is little in common between the ones of Mesoamerica and Egypt. Some is also under heavy emphasis. Mayan and Mexica pyramids were step pyramids, whilst most Egyptian pyramids were ‘perfect’. Notably Djoser’s pyramid is also a step pyramid, but his was an early design that is evidence for Egyptian development of pyramid construction (See also: Sneferu’s three pyramids). Their function was also highly disparate. As we’ve said before, Egyptians used their pyramids for tombs. Mesoamerican Pyramids were places of worship for the living, and often housed temples on their precipice. Famously, the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan contained had two temples on it, one for Tlaloc of The Rain and one for The Hummingbird War God, Huitzilopochtli. The Templo Mayor, as a place of worship, was utilized for regular human sacrifices, a feature not really found in ancient Egypt. Different form, different function, different culture. Definitely not a shared ancestry in a lost continent.