' s ▁bel t , ▁Dr . ▁James ▁J . ▁H urt ak ▁pointed ▁out ▁such ▁a ▁correlation ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 3 . ▁ ▁One ▁night ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 3 , ▁while ▁working ▁in ▁Sa udi ▁Arab ia , ▁he ▁took ▁his ▁family ▁and ▁a ▁friend ' s ▁family ▁up ▁into ▁the ▁sand ▁d unes ▁of ▁the ▁Arab ian ▁desert ▁for ▁a ▁camp ing ▁expedition . ▁His ▁friend ▁pointed ▁out ▁the ▁const ell ation ▁of ▁Or ion , ▁and ▁mentioned ▁that ▁Al nit ak , ▁the ▁most ▁e aster ly ▁of ▁the ▁stars ▁making ▁up ▁Or ion ' s ▁bel t , ▁was ▁offset ▁slightly ▁from ▁the ▁others . ▁Bau val ▁then ▁made ▁a ▁connection ▁between ▁the ▁layout ▁of ▁the ▁three ▁main ▁stars ▁in ▁Or ion ' s ▁bel t ▁and ▁the ▁layout ▁of ▁the ▁three ▁main ▁py ram ids ▁in ▁the ▁G iza ▁ne c ropol is . ▁ ▁The ▁Or ion ▁Cor relation ▁Theory ▁has ▁been ▁described ▁as ▁a ▁form ▁of ▁pseudo arch ae ology . ▁Among ▁the ▁idea ' s ▁critics ▁have ▁been ▁two ▁astronom ers : ▁Ed ▁Kru pp ▁of ▁Griff ith ▁Observ atory ▁in ▁Los ▁Angeles , ▁and ▁Anthony ▁Fair all , ▁astronom y ▁professor ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Cape ▁Town , ▁South ▁Africa . ▁Kru pp ▁and ▁Fair all ▁independently ▁investig ated ▁the ▁angle ▁between ▁the ▁alignment ▁of ▁Or ion ' s ▁B elt ▁to ▁North ▁during ▁the ▁era ▁c ited ▁by ▁Bau val ▁( which ▁diff ers ▁from ▁the ▁angle ▁in ▁the