, ▁a ▁claim ▁that ▁came ▁to ▁be ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Or ion ▁correlation ▁theory . ▁ ▁Types ▁of ▁py ram id ology ▁ ▁The ▁main ▁types ▁of ▁py ram id ological ▁accounts ▁involve ▁one ▁or ▁more ▁aspects ▁which ▁include : ▁ ▁met ro log ical : ▁theories ▁regarding ▁the ▁construction ▁of ▁the ▁Great ▁Py ram id ▁of ▁G iza ▁by ▁hypoth et ical ▁geometric ▁measurements ▁numer ological : ▁theories ▁that ▁the ▁measurements ▁of ▁the ▁Great ▁Py ram id ▁and ▁its ▁pass ages ▁have ▁es oter ic ▁significance , ▁and ▁that ▁their ▁geometric ▁measurements ▁contain ▁some ▁encoded ▁message . ▁This ▁form ▁of ▁py ram id ology ▁is ▁popular ▁within ▁Christian ▁Py ram id ology ▁( e . g . ▁British ▁Israel ism ▁and ▁Bible ▁Stud ents ). ▁" py ram id ▁power ": ▁claims ▁origin ating ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁that ▁py ram ids ▁as ▁geomet rical ▁shapes ▁possess ▁super natural ▁powers ▁pseudo arch ae ological : ▁varying ▁theories ▁that ▁den y ▁the ▁py ram ids ▁were ▁built ▁to ▁serve ▁exclus ively ▁as ▁tomb s ▁for ▁the ▁Ph ara oh s ; ▁alternative ▁explan ations ▁regarding ▁the ▁construction ▁of ▁the ▁py ram ids ▁( for ▁example ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁long - lost ▁knowledge ; ▁anti - gravity ▁technology , ▁etc ... ); ▁and ▁hypoth eses ▁that ▁they ▁were ▁built ▁by ▁someone ▁other ▁than ▁the ▁historical ▁An cient ▁Egypt ians ▁( e . g . ▁early ▁Heb rew s , ▁Atl ante ans , ▁or ▁even ▁extra - ter rest