ram id ▁of ▁G iza ▁has ▁encoded ▁within ▁it ▁predictions ▁for ▁the ▁ex od us ▁of ▁Mos es ▁from ▁Egypt , ▁the ▁cru c if ix ion ▁of ▁Jesus , ▁the ▁start ▁of ▁World ▁War ▁I , ▁the ▁found ing ▁of ▁modern - day ▁Israel ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 8 , ▁and ▁future ▁events ▁including ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁Arm aged don ; ▁this ▁was ▁discovered ▁by ▁using ▁what ▁they ▁call ▁" py ram id ▁inches " ▁to ▁calculate ▁the ▁passage ▁of ▁time ▁where ▁one ▁British ▁in ch ▁equals ▁one ▁solar ▁year . ▁ ▁Py ram id ology ▁reached ▁its ▁peak ▁by ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 8 0 s . ▁Interest ▁rev ived ▁when ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 2 ▁and ▁ 1 9 9 3 ▁Rudolf ▁G anten br ink ▁sent ▁a ▁mini ature ▁remote - control led ▁robot ▁ro ver , ▁known ▁as ▁U pu aut , ▁up ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁" air ▁sh aft s " ▁in ▁the ▁Queen ' s ▁Chamber ▁of ▁the ▁Great ▁Py ram id ▁of ▁G iza . ▁U pu aut ▁discovered ▁the ▁sh aft ▁closed ▁off ▁by ▁a ▁stone ▁block ▁with ▁decay ing ▁co pper ▁hook s ▁attached ▁to ▁the ▁outside . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 4 ▁Robert ▁Bau val ▁published ▁the ▁book ▁The ▁Or ion ▁Myst ery , ▁attempting ▁to ▁prove ▁that ▁the ▁py ram ids ▁on ▁the ▁G iza ▁plate au ▁were ▁built ▁to ▁m im ic ▁the ▁stars ▁in ▁the ▁bel t ▁of ▁the ▁const ell ation ▁Or ion