Dr. Nicky Nielsen is an egyptologist at the University of Manchester who knows that the Egyptians built the pyramids themselves, as proven by quarries, diaries, tool marks and other forms of evidence. For the benefit of the theorists, I asked how humans could have lifted the giant stones used to build the pyramids (some weighing 80 tonnes, or around around 40 small elephants) into the sky.

“Pulleys,” he says calmly. “They could pull very heavy blocks up a very steep gradient using pulleys and a ramp. The actual ramp that's preserved is very steep, I think it's something like 16 degrees.” - [www.vice.com]

Dr. Nielsen was previously mentioned here - [www.maatforum.com]

In that SoundCloud presentation (registration required), Nielsen mentions the subject of (fictional) aliens and pyramids (24:30).

Those with long memories might recall that, back in 2006, the young Nielsen tried to investigate the mystery of the "Beatrice", the ship that foundered carrying the sarcophagus found by Vyse in the pyramid of Menkaure - [web.archive.org].

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