I think there is often a racist subtext to claims that 'the Egyptians couldn't have built the pyramids'. Why? Because they were Africans?
It could be a series of coincidences, or it could be old strains of racist anthropology, briefly suppressed by Boasian Cultural Anthropology, finding a new conspiratorial outlet.
https://diggingupancientaliens.com/episode-65-europes-only-p...
Careful clicking that YouTube link, my recommend feed is ruined now