Why Aliens Didn't Build the Pyramids

The question of whether the Egyptian pyramids were really built by mysterious visitors from beyond the stars has puzzled humanity since the dawn of time, specifically that small section of humanity who shun conventional wisdom on the subject for fear of being misled by the truth of the so-called facts. Aside from those people, I'm not entirely sure it has puzzled anyone else, and certainly not anyone you would want to know or meet in a social situation. In other words, it's one of the most stupid arguments ever set forth, the stupidity of which was rather neatly illustrated by my friend Urizen (possibly an alias but who knows?) on a bulletin board from which he was subsequently banned for controversially posting a Gilray cartoon, and which is reproduced here with his kind permission:

This is one of those things which is as baffling as it is annoying, to me. I mean no-one thinks this was built by aliens:

Tomb U-j, belonging to King Scorpion [I], c. 3150 BC, at Abydos.

No-one thinks this was built by aliens:

Tomb of King Den, 1st Dynasty, Abydos.

No-one thinks this was built by aliens:

Pyramid of Djoser, 3rd Dynasty, Saqqara.

No-one thinks this was built by aliens:

Maidum Pyramid, built either by Huni or Sneferu, 4th Dynasty.

No-one thinks this was built by aliens:

Bent Pyramid, built by Sneferu, 4th Dynasty.

HOLY SHIT, ALIENS MUST HAVE BUILT IT!!!!

Pyramid of Khufu, 4th Dynasty.

HOLY SHIT, ALIENS MUST HAVE BUILT IT!!!!

Pyramid of Khafre, 4th Dynasty.

No-one thinks this was built by aliens:

Pyramid of Unas, 5th Dynasty.




No-one thinks this was built by aliens:

Pyramid of Sahure, 5th Dynasty.

I just don't get how you can miss the progression here.

This was originally posted over at Ce Acatl but has been moved here in order to make more room for exciting conversation about the brilliant Doctor Who Man Telly Show.