The Pyramids of Egypt are filled with astronomical information. The layout of the fourth dynasty pyramids alone has its origins in astronomy. Their layout creates an exact, scale replica of the constellation Orion which represented their god Osiris. The Nile River is the Milky Way, the pyramid at Abu Ruwash is Orion�s left foot, the pyramid at Zawyat Al Aryan is Orion�s right shoulder, the three pyramids at Giza are Orion�s belt, and the pyramids at Abusir are Orion�s head. The two pyramids at Dashur correlate to the constellation Hyades, or the southern Orion, also considered the constellation of Seth. Because the ancient Egyptians believed their pharaoh was a god, they built these pyramids to create a heaven on Earth. This would aid the dead pharaohs in their ascent to the stars. Inside the Great Pyramid at Giza are four shafts aimed at the stars Sirius, Zeta Orionis, Alpha Draconis and Beta Kochab. The first two stars represent Isis and Osiris while the other two are polar stars, used as the North Pole as the Earth wobbles. All these calculations are related to advanced astronomy and extremely accurate observational equipment.

The Pyramids also have mathematical calculations, which can only be a product of extra terrestrial contact. The dimensions of the Great Pyramid have an immense amount of hidden knowledge. The grand gallery is exactly 365 pyramid inches long. The Great Pyramid is just .05 degrees off true north (probably due to continental shifting). The two opposite corners are level to less than 6 inches. It is located on the exact center of land mass of Earth and the meridian that passes through Giza separates the continents into two equal proportions and covers the most land of any other meridian. The length of the square side is 365.342 Egyptian yards. The height squared is equal to the perimeter and the Great Pyramid is the exact same distance to the North Pole and the center of the Earth.26 By taking the tangent of the slope angle of the pyramid you can find pi (3.1415926), used for measuring area and perimeters of circles, sphere�s, cones, etc. Other pyramids give the number 2.7182818, which equals epsilon, a constant used in calculus.27 The area of the base of the Great Pyramid is the same as the area of the base of the Mayan Pyramid of the Sun.28 A circle containing the perimeter of the Great Pyramid is proportional to the equator of the Earth when the top of the pyramid represents the North Pole. While some say you can find any measurement in anything, these measurements are unbelievable, and unexplained.

Could the measurements of the fourth dynasty pyramids be a product of extra terrestrial knowledge? How could the ancient Egyptians known the distance to the center of the Earth, the North Pole, and the equator? How did they even know the earth wasn�t flat? They had to have some one teach them this knowledge, some one smart enough to obtain it. Grahm Hancock, who has researched and authored many books on ancient cultures and ancient mysteries, believes a lost race of humans gave them this knowledge, perhaps the Atlantians. Erich Von Daniken, who has researched and written about ancient cultures since his teens, believes that extra terrestrials not only taught the Egyptians this knowledge but also helped them build it into the pyramids. The ancient Egyptians alone could not have known many of these numbers. Their technology was limited to copper tools, which could not have been used to build the pyramids. In the King�s Chamber of the Great Pyramid the granite blocks are cut so accurately that not even a razor blade can fit between them. Many of these measurements are very accurate, and it is yet unknown how the Egyptians could build them.

Who�s technology did the Ancient Egyptians use to get such great accuracy and what tools did they use? Most current archeologists still believe that they were built using wooden sleds pulled over wooden logs used as rollers. They used huge mud ramps to get them up the side of the pyramids. Apparently, they also used copper picks to cut the blocks extremely accurately and boats to get the blocks down the Nile.

There are, however, many flaws in this theory. First, they did not have enough wood for rollers, which would have constantly cracked under the immense pressure. The only wood in Egypt were fruit trees, which would have been needed to feed the thousands of slaves used to build the pyramids. In order to keep the mud ramps moist, to prevent cracking and decay, would have required an amount of water equal to a quarter of the Nile River. Copper tools could not have cut the huge stones to the accuracy required for the pyramids.30 The tools and knowledge couldn�t have been their own.

Today, we cannot reproduce the accuracy seen in the king�s chamber with lasers and other current technology. Several years ago a team tried to build a replica pyramid with cranes and current technology. The team failed due to too much stress on the equipment. Finally, where did all of their knowledge go, for there is no evidence of how they build the pyramids, or even why they built them? Herodotus, a Greek historian was the only person to write an account of what happened. More than 2000 years after their completion he interviewed several Egyptians and concluded that the Egyptians alone built them and that there was enormous hatred towards Khufu for making them build the pyramids. Egyptologists made their conclusions based on this account, and that of the Bible, which says Jewish slaves were forced to build the pyramids. Obviously the current theory cannot be accepted if it contradicts itself.

The reason the pyramids were built is still unknown. They are considered to be tombs of the pharaohs and monuments to the pharaoh�s power, but why have no bodies ever been recovered from the fourth dynasty pyramids (pyramids at Giza and Dashur). Unlike the tombs in the Valley of the Kings, there are no writings or treasures in the pyramids. In the Valley of the Kings, pharaohs were buried with servants and supplies for the afterlife. The fourth dynasty pyramids had none of these. Why are these few �tombs� so completely unlike all the other tombs? Why were the fourth dynasty pyramids built with such great accuracy while those that preceded and followed them have all fallen to disrepair? Were the fourth dynasty pyramids even Egyptian? Many researchers believe they were designed and built by an outside influence, an extra terrestrial influence. This would explain the vast differences between the fourth dynasty pyramids, and the pyramids that preceded and followed them. The fourth dynasty pyramids have many secrets in them, some of which we know, and some that are yet to be discovered.

Some people believe the pyramids were a way to contact extra terrestrials. It is well known that the pyramid shape has many �magical� properties. For example, it has the ability to dehydrate things. You can keep your razor in a pyramid and be able to use it over 180 times. You can even remove mold from bread, and age wine many years in a few months. Gerhard Leiner of Austria put one egg in a pyramid and one out. After 200 days the one outside was rotten, but the one inside was still edible.

Pyramids have also been proven to amplify signals. Many people believe the Great Pyramid was used to send signals to extra terrestrials. Richard Elfving, who has spent years collecting information and researching ET contact, has another theory. He believes "the Great Pyramid was used as a stargate like the one on the TV show." The Grand Gallery has 56 ramp holes (26 on each side) which run up the sides of the floor the whole way up. They are equidistant from each other and are 6" X 20.61" X 10".34 Richard Elfving believes "these slots were used to hold a great machine that would act like a stargate. They could send someone at the speed of thought from one �stargate� to another. "The fact that the pyramid shape amplifies signals helps this theory. Also, since the pyramids weren�t used as tombs this gives them a purpose. After all, isn�t moving a few thousand stones worth interplanetary travel? Although the idea of the pyramids being tombs is the most widely accepted belief, there is certainly good evidence that they were used to communicate with extra terrestrials.