Recently, a lot of new and interesting information has appeared about the Egyptian pyramids, both domestic and foreign authors. This book analyzes the studies of such famous authors as G. Hancock, R. Buwell, E. Gilbert, P. Brayton, K. Jacques, and the author expresses his own original point of view about the era of the pyramids, the role and purpose of these majestic structures for Egyptian civilization, about the mysterious meaning of initiation rites, about the relationship of pyramids with starry skies. The reader will get acquainted with sensational hypotheses and discoveries of a historical, esoteric and cosmic nature.