Aliens built the Pyramids of Giza (jokes)

The pyramids of Giza are well known for their square-based pyramid stature, but many wonder how they were actually built. Because it was so long ago many theories are just educated guesses made by Scientists, Egyptologists, Geologists, and Archaeologists.

It's believed that the pyramids started as flat monuments but, as the years went on and more tombs were being buried, the pyramids started to look like stepped structures. Eventually these pyramids started to look more and more like the pyramids we see today with the first smoothed sided pyramid being built between 2680 B.C.E - 2560 B.C.E. Plenty of planning went into building a pyramids such as the Giza ones. This was due to the fact that if a brick was placed just a few centimeters off or wasn't the right size, it would mean the whole pyramid has a chance of collapsing. The method of moving these precisely cut bricks is theorized by Egyptologists to have been with wooden logs. Along with supposedly being used to move bricks, wooden logs was also how the Egyptians most likely split the stone. It's theorized that they would stuff a wooden log in a crack and proceeded to pour water down the log causing the log to expand, hence splitting the stone in half.

Many people believe that the Pyramids were built by slaves when in fact they were built by local Egyptians. This is proven by the small towns that archaeologists discovered near the pyramids. These towns often had small houses, butchers, bakeries, and enough food to feed everyone. It was discovered that workers were buried there, further proving that local Egyptians must've worked on the pyramids.