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St. Louis Cemetery #1 is home to some amazing tombs and memorials, but little compares to the giant pyramid which appeared on actor Nicolas Cage's plot 5 years ago. It's huge, apparently taking up the space of four ordinary burial plots.

Cage's plot houses a nine-foot-tall, grey, pyramid, bearing no inscription but the Latin motto "Omnia Ab Uno", which translates as "Everything From One".

Not all residents of New Orleans are desperately happy about the offbeat tomb in the already-cramped cemetary.

Not everyone's unhappy though

Many people make a special visit to kiss the tomb, despite the fact Nic isn't even IN IT yet!

Yes, these are normal person-sized lips - the pyramid is just that big.

So what's the point of the pyramid?

Cage himself has remained silent about the reason for the pyramid, but New Orleans-based TV station WGNO polled graveyard visitors for their theories. They were a pretty outlandish lot.

The Illuminati - The pyramid is a symbol of the Illuminati, the mythical cabal that allegedly controls all politics and popular culture. Could it be true?

Is it full of gold bullion ? Unlikely.

Is it a tribute to National Treasure ? Cage's 2004 archaeology movie was a big hit for him..

Voodoo? Did Cage buy his plot to be close in death to the site's current most famous resident, Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau? He certainly had a Voodoo priestess bless his second marriage and he prepared for his role in Ghost Rider by dressing up as Baron Samedi (the undead bloke from Live and Let Die).

Spurious theories!

That kind of speculation is so ridiculous you might as well suggest Cage built a pyramid because he's immortal, thousands of years old. And that he regenerates in a secret chamber at the heart of the towering tomb.

Which clearly, he isn't. Hundreds of years old? Never!

Was Nic Cage alive in the 19th Century?

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Was Nic Cage alive in the 18th Century?

Well, photography wasn't invented until the 1830s.

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Ok, he clearly wasn't the Virgin Mary, this is just getting silly now.

The real reason?

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Nicolas Cage doesn't need a reason to do anything. He does things because he's Nicolas freakin' Cage and that's enough!