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Pyramidology is a term used (sometimes disparagingly) to refer to various pseudoscientific speculations regarding pyramids, most often the Giza Necropolis and the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt.〔Martin Gardner, ''Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science'', Dover, 1957; a reprint of ''In the Name of Science'', G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1952.〕 Some "pyramidologists" also concern themselves with the monumental structures of pre-Columbian America (such as Teotihuacan, the Mesoamerican Maya civilization, and the Inca of the South American Andes), and the temples of Southeast Asia. Scientists regard pyramidology as pseudoscience: they view pyramidologicical hypotheses as sensationalist, inaccurate and/or wholly 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,〔Capt, E. Raymond ''The Great Pyramid Decoded'' Artisan Publishers (June 1978) ISBN 978-0-934666-01-5 pp. 76-78〕 the crucifixion of Jesus,〔 the start of World War I,〔Davidson, D.; H.W. Badger ''Great Pyramid & Talks on the Great Pyramid 1881'' Kessinger Publishing Co (28 April 2003) ISBN 978-0-7661-5016-4 p.19〕〔Collier, Robert Gordon ''Something to Hope For 1942'' Kessinger Publishing Co (15 Oct 2004) ISBN 978-1-4179-7870-0 p.17〕 the founding of modern-day 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 by the early 1980s. Interest revived when in 1992 and 1993 Rudolf Gantenbrink sent a miniature remote-controlled robot rover, known as upuaut, up one of the "air shafts" in the Queen's Chamber of the Great Pyramid of Giza. Upuaut discovered the shaft closed off by a stone block with decaying copper hooks attached to the outside. In 1994 Robert Bauval published the book ''The Orion Mystery'', attempting to prove that the pyramids on the Giza plateau were built to mimic the stars in the belt of the constellation Orion, a claim that came to be known as the Orion correlation theory. Both Gantenbrink and Bauval have spurred greater interest in pyramidology. == Types of pyramidology == The main types of pyramidological accounts involve one or more aspects which include: *metrological: theories regarding the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza by hypothetical geometric measurements *numerological: theories that the measurements of the Great Pyramid and its passages have esoteric significance, and that their geometric measurements contain some encoded message. This form of pyramidology is popular within Christian Pyramidology (e.g. British Israelism and Bible Students). *"pyramid power": claims originating in the late 1960s that pyramids as geometrical shapes possess supernatural powers *pseudoarchaeological: varying theories that deny the pyramids were built to serve exclusively as tombs for the Pharaohs; alternative explanations regarding the construction of the pyramids (for example the 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 extra-terrestrials) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「pyramidology」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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