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Have you ever thought to yourself, “hey, I’ve got my own theory about the pyramids in Egypt.” If you have, then your theory more than likely revolved around the Old Testament’s Joseph building the pyramids to store grain, right? I mean…how else would they store all that grain — and with all that grain to store, the structures that were used would have to be ginormous and would have to still be around right? And the only structures that are still around are the pyramids….I mean right? RIGHT?!?!

Of course you haven’t. You’re not an insane person. But you know who not only had that thought pop into his mind, but believes it, states it in public on video, and claims that all the archeologists are wrong about the Pyramids being tombs for the pharaohs?

Ladies and gentleman, your Republican frontrunner, Ben Carson:

“My own personal theory is that Joseph built the pyramids to store grain,” Carson said. “Now all the archeologists think that they were made for the pharaohs’ graves. But, you know, it would have to be something awfully big if you stop and think about it. And I don’t think it’d just disappear over the course of time to store that much grain.”

In the Old Testament, Joseph, one of the 12 sons of Jacob, is sold into slavery in Egypt by his jealous brothers. He eventually rose to become a top aide to the Egyptian pharaoh, advising him of a dream vision he had of coming years of famine in the ancient kingdom. Joseph’s sage advice of the coming famine (and directions to store gain) helped the Egyptians survive the famine.

Buzzfeed has uncovered the video and has it at this link.

PS: We all know it was really aliens anyway, right?