▁ 3 rd ▁mill en ni um ▁B CE , ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁pre cess ion ▁of ▁the ▁equ ino xes ), ▁and ▁found ▁that ▁the ▁angle ▁was ▁somewhat ▁different ▁from ▁the ▁' per fect ▁match ' ▁claimed ▁by ▁Bau val ▁and ▁Han cock : ▁ 4 7 ▁to ▁ 5 0 ▁degrees , ▁compared ▁to ▁the ▁ 3 8 - deg ree ▁angle ▁formed ▁by ▁the ▁py ram ids . ▁ ▁Kru pp ▁also ▁pointed ▁out ▁that ▁the ▁slightly - b ent ▁line ▁formed ▁by ▁the ▁three ▁py ram ids ▁was ▁devi ated ▁towards ▁the ▁North , ▁whereas ▁the ▁slight ▁" k ink " ▁in ▁the ▁line ▁of ▁Or ion ' s ▁B elt ▁was ▁de formed ▁to ▁the ▁South , ▁meaning ▁that ▁a ▁direct ▁correlation ▁would ▁require ▁one ▁or ▁the ▁other ▁to ▁be ▁invert ed . ▁Indeed , ▁this ▁is ▁what ▁was ▁done ▁in ▁the ▁original ▁book ▁by ▁Bau val ▁and ▁Gilbert ▁( The ▁Or ion ▁Myst ery ), ▁which ▁compared ▁images ▁of ▁the ▁py ram ids ▁and ▁Or ion ▁without ▁reve aling ▁that ▁the ▁py ram ids ' ▁map ▁had ▁been ▁invert ed . ▁Kru pp ▁and ▁Fair all ▁find ▁other ▁problems ▁with ▁the ▁claims , ▁including ▁the ▁point ▁that ▁if ▁the ▁S ph inx ▁is ▁meant ▁to ▁represent ▁the ▁const ell ation ▁of ▁Leo , ▁then ▁it ▁should ▁be ▁on ▁the ▁opposite ▁side ▁of ▁the ▁N ile ▁( the ▁' Mil ky ▁Way ') ▁from ▁the ▁py ram ids ▁(' Or ion '), ▁that ▁the ▁v ernal ▁equ ino