It is a term used, sometimes derogatory, to refer to various pseudoscientific speculations regarding pyramids, most often the Giza necropolis and the great pyramid of Giza in Egypt. Some “pyramidologists” also deal with the monumental structures of pre-Columbian America (such as Teotihuacán, the Mesoamerican Mayan civilization, and the Inca of the South American Andes) and the temples of Southeast Asia.
Scientists as of 2015 consider pyramidology as pseudoscience: they consider pyramidological hypotheses as sensational, inaccurate and / or totally deficient in empirical analysis and application of the scientific method.
Some pyramidologists claim that the Great Pyramid of Giza has encoded within it predictions for the exodus of Moses from Egypt, the crucifixion of Jesus, the beginning of World War I, the founding of modern Israel in 1948, and future events including the beginning of Armageddon; Discovered by using what they call "pyramid inches" to calculate the passage of time (one British inch = one solar year).
Pyramidology reached its peak in the early 1980s. Interest was revived when in 1992 and 1993 Rudolf Gantenbrink sent a remote-controlled robotic mini robot, known as an upuaut, atop one of the "air shafts" in the queen's chamber of the Great Pyramid of Giza. Upuaut discovered the shaft closed by a stone block with decaying copper hooks attached to the outside. In 1994 Robert Bauval published the book The Orion Mystery, attempting to show that the pyramids on the Giza plateau were built to mimic the stars in the belt of the Orion constellation., a claim that came to be known as the Orion correlation theory. Both Gantenbrink and Bauval have stimulated increased interest in pyramidology.
The main types of pyramid accounts involve one or more aspects including:
Metrological: theories regarding the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza using hypothetical geometric measurements:
Numerological: theories that the measurements of the Great Pyramid and its passages have esoteric significance, and that its geometric measurements contain some coded message. This form of pyramidology is popular within Christian Pyramidology (eg, British Israelism and the Bible Students).
" Power of the Pyramid": claims originating in the late 1960s that pyramids as geometric shapes possess supernatural powers.
Pseudoarchaeological: various theories denying the pyramids were built to serve exclusively as tombs for the pharaohs; Alternative explanations about the construction of the pyramids (e.g. use of long-lost knowledge, anti-gravity technology, etc.) and hypotheses that they were built by someone other than the historical ancient Egyptians (e.g., early Hebrews, Atlanteans, or even aliens).
