"Curse of Oak Island" is airing the 18th episode of its 13th season on Tuesday, March 17 at 9 p.m. Here's everything you need ...

Could ancient humans really have built the pyramids without extraterrestrial help? Or do such questions reveal more about modern anxieties than the past itself?

Debunking alien claims matters, but so does telling richer, more compelling stories about how humans shaped their own past.