More recently (June, 1997), and in my unfortunate absence, Wilson and a colleague returned to Egypt. On this expedition, Wilson not only located the terrestrial counterpart to Orion's head (Meissa), but also pinpointed the terrestrial location for the star Leporis; not-so-coincidentally falling next to a mosque where the ancient city of Letopolis one stood.

Wilson and his companion took a motorcycle several miles south of Giza into the Egyptian desert. In no time they found themselves at Meissa's topographical cousin. Wilson claims the experience was, in many ways, similar to what we had experienced at the Gesh site, yet still very different in several important aspects.

When the GPS signaled their arrival, Wilson and his companion stood roughly 6 km south and slightly west of the southern axis of the Great Pyramid. The rolling desert lay barren and lifeless about them. Thirteen kilometers to the north, the mesa upon which the Abu Ruwash Pyramid rests was just visible through the mid-morning mist. From this slightly elevated vantage point, all the major Orion sites were visible, with the exception of the Zawyat Al Aryan ruins to the east, which were blocked by an erupting dune.

The distinctive limestone remnants scattered about the Gesh site had weighed up to 30 pounds. However, the limestone remains at the Meissa site were considerably larger by comparison. In the same fashion as the Gesh site, these blocks were concentrated in one particular region of an otherwise vacuous wasteland. This particular location, playing host to such ancient remains, again lends powerful support to The Orion Pyramid Theory; thus leaving the coincidental correlation for such a position almost as remote as the site itself.

Another important difference between the Meissa site and the Gesh site was evidence of human tampering. It was unclear to Wilson whether it had been archaeologists or grave-robbers (more likely the later, according to Wilson), but someone had dug several large holes in Meissa's immediate vicinity - evidently searching for something.

As Wilson kicked aside the sand and uncovered the tops of several very large limestone blocks, he wondered who had been so interested in this remote part of the desert. Did someone else know of the celestial-terrestrial connection? Did someone else suspect a subterranean ruin? The predictable pattern of ancient remains via astro-geo-archaeology would be an invaluable formula for the determined grave-robber, he thought. Perhaps too valuable to publicly reveal.

Had the Meissa site been host to a pyramid? It had been host to something, but once again, such questions can only be answered by ground-penetrating radar and/or excavations. Thus far, such confirmations have evaded us.

What has not evaded us, however, is that a terrestrial representation to the star Meissa once resided in this portion of the ancient Egyptian desert.

The Orion Pyramid Theory stands strong.

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