Theorized
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Giza Plateau
The Orion Belt Correlation
Full Description
The three Giza pyramids are positioned in a pattern that mirrors the three belt stars of Orion: Al Nitak, Al Nilam, and Mintaka. The angular offset between the smallest pyramid (Menkaure) and the line formed by the other two matches the angular offset of Mintaka from the line of Al Nitak and Al Nilam.
The size ratios roughly correspond to the brightness ratios of the stars. The Nile, in this mapping, corresponds to the Milky Way. The Great Pyramid's King's Chamber south shaft points directly at Al Nitak — the very star this pyramid supposedly represents — at epoch ~2500 BCE.
This internal shaft alignment confirming the external positional correlation is the strongest evidence for the theory. The builders aimed an internal passage at the exact star their pyramid is positioned to represent in the ground-level star map.
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