Pyramidology

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Have questions? Find out how to ask questions and get answers. Jump to: navigation, search Pyramidology is a term used to refer to various pseudoscientific speculations regarding pyramids.[1] Most of these speculations deal in particular with the Egyptian pyramids, especially the yramid of !hufu at "i#a. $owever, %pyramidologists% also concern themselves with the monumental structures of pre&'olum(ian )merica *such as +eotihuacan the Mesoamerican Maya civili#ation, and the ,nca of the -outh )merican )ndes., and the temples of -outheast )sia. +he claims of pyramidology are regarded as pseudoscience (y the scientific community at large, who regard their hypotheses as sensationalist, inaccurate and wholly deficient in empirical analysis and application of the scientific method. Even so, several writers whose speculative wor/s consist of or use material of this nature have found a receptive audience among some sectors of the general pu(lic, and the sales of their (oo/s can (e su(stantial. yramidologists claim that the yramid of !hufu has predicted the e0odus of Moses from Egypt, the crucifi0ion of 'hrist, and the start of 1orld 1ar 2ne (y using pyramid inches to calculate years. +hey have used this method to wor/ out the end of the world, which will (e in the year 3454.

Contents
[hide] 1 +ypes of pyramidology 3 $istory 6 yramidiots 7 8eferences 9 -ee also : E0ternal lin/s

[edit] Types of pyramidology

+he main types of pyramidological accounts involve one or more aspects which are : pseudoarchaeological: +heories that deny that the pyramids were (uilt to serve as tom(s; alternative e0planations a(out the construction of the pyramids *for e0ample the use of anti&gravity technology.; and hypotheses that they were (uilt (y someone other than the historical )ncient Egyptians *e.g. )tlanteans, e0tra&terrestrials.. numerological: +heories that the measurements of the "reat yramid are esoterically significant, and their geometric measurements contain some encoded message. yramid power: 'laims that pyramids as a geometrical shape contain supernatural powers.

[edit] History
'harles ia##i -myth pro(a(ly coined the term, and claimed in 1<5= to have made important contri(utions to % yramidology%.[3] Martin "ardner descri(ed yramidology in 1493, thusly: > [...] /nown as yramidology [...] rivals )tlantis in the num(er of (oo/s devoted to it [...]%[1] ? "ardner continues: > [...] it was not until 1<94 that yramidology was (orn. +his was the year that John +aylor, an eccentric partner in a @ondon pu(lishing firm, issued his The Great Pyramid: Why was it Bui t? !nd Who Bui t it? [...] +aylor never visited the yramid, (ut the more he studied its structure, the more he (ecame convinced that its architect was not an Egyptian, (ut an ,sraelite acting under divine orders. erhaps it was Aoah himself.%[1] ?

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Bwi/iB,mage:'psmyth.CpgBwi/iB,mage:'psmyth.Cpg+his diagram from -mythDs "ur #nheritance in the Great Pyramid *1<:7. shows some of his measurements and chronological determinations made from them John +aylor was also the source of the freEuenty claimed appearances of (oth i and the golden ratio in the proportions of the pyramids. +aylor in turn influenced 'harles ia##i -myth, who made numerous calculations on the pyramid, and attri(uted its construction to the $e(rews *1hom he assimilated to the $y/sos dynasty., under the guidance of Melchi#ede/. +hese theories were then integrated into the wor/s of 'harles +a#e 8ussell, who founded the Fi(le -tudent movement in the late 1<5=s. 8ussell adopted the earlier coined phrase that the pyramid was the Bi$ e in stone continuing to teach this view until his death in 2cto(er, 141:. 8ussell (elieved that the "reat yramid of 'heops was part of "odDs Givine lan (asing his interpretation on a passage of scripture in ,saiah 14: 14&3=, reading, %,n that day shall there (e an altar to the @28G in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar *$e(rew %matstse(ah% or monument. at the (order thereof to the @ord. )nd it shall (e for a sign, and for a witness unto the @28G of $osts in the land of Egypt.% $owever, 8ussellDs successor, Joseph H. 8utherford denounced pyramidology in 143< as unscriptural, and of the devil. 1hen a widespread schism developed in the movement throughout the 143=s one side formed the JehovahDs 1itnesses who to this day are unsupportive and often unfamiliar with 8ussellDs views on pyramidology. +he other side /nown as Fi(le -tudents continue to study 8ussellDs writings including e0tensive studies into the topic of pyramidology as it relates to the Fi(le and world history. +wo (rothers John and Morton Edgar, scientists, Fi(le -tudents, and personal associates of 'harles +a#e 8ussell, wrote e0tensive treatises on the history, nature, and prophetic sym(olism of the "reat yramid in relation to the then /nown archaeological history, along with their interpretations of prophetic and Fi(lical chronology. +hey are (est /nown for their e0tensive and detailed (oo/ entitled Great Pyramid Passages and %ham$ers, originally pu(lished in 141= and greatly e0panded in 1436. Gavid Gavidson wrote on pyramidology in (oo/s such The Great Pyramid& #ts 'ivine (essage, and predicted various times for the end of the world (ased on measurements of the pyramid, starting a(out 1496. ,n 1495 )dam 8utherford from -cotland, *no relation to Joseph 8utherford. an adherent of 'harles +a#e 8ussellDs theological views as promulgated through the Fi(le -tudents of the time, wrote %2utline of yramidology%. +his was updated in 14:1 and 14:3 and renamed as % yramidology Foo/s 1 I 3% followed (y % yramidology Foo/ 6% in 14::.[6] ,n these (oo/s 8utherford ac/nowledges his de(t to rofessor '. ia##i -myth, a fellow -cot for the diagrams used in his (oo/s. 8utherford incorporated terminology and scriptural references that had (een previously taught (y 'harles +a#e 8ussell.

[edit] Pyramidiots
Far(ara Mert# reports another term for yramidologists: > Even in modern times when people, one would thin/, should /now (etter, the "reat yramid of "i#a has proved a fertile field for fantasy. +he people who do not /now (etter are the yramid mystics, who (elieve that the "reat yramid is a gigantic prophecy in stone, (uilt (y a group of ancient adepts in magic. Egyptologists sometimes uncharita(ly refer to this group as D yramidiots,D (ut the school continues to flourish despite scholarly anathemas.[7]