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UP STAIRS.
THE MODEL.
Without enumerating the various dimensions of the different
Halls and Passages of the Tomb, it will be sufficient to observe
that the Model is constructed on a scale of one-sixth of the size
of the original Sepulchre.
No. 1. First Corridor.
No. 2. Staircase.
No. 3. Second Corridor.
No, 4. Pit or Well; the position of the ancient ropes which
were found, and the bridge of two beams that was constructed,
as well as the aperture which was enlarged and forced through
the wall, will be observed.
No. 5. The Entrance-hall; this is the farthest chamber repre-
sented below of its original dimensions.
No. 6. The Room called the Drawing-room. From this apart-
ment were taken the outlined figures to be seen opposite the cases
containing the Egyptian Curiosities. From the Entrance-hall on
the left, a large staircase descends into a corridor, and farther
on is the other Chamber
No. 7, represented below, called the Hall of Beauties. When
standing in the centre of this Chamber, the traveller is tur-
rounded by an assembly of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses.
No. 8. Hall of Pillars.
No. 9. Saloon, in the centre of which is the Sarcophagus of
Oriental Alabaster, nine feet five inches long, and three feet seven
inches wide; its thickness is only two inches, and it is semi-
transparent when, a light is placed m the inside. It is minutely
sculptured within and without, with several hundred figures, which
do not exceed two inches in height, and represent, it may be
supposed, the whole of the funeral procession and ceremonies,
relating to the deceased, united with several emblems, &c.
The substance of the Sarcophagus, is a stalactitical carbonate
of lime, approaching in its nature to arragonite, but «f inferior
hardness, and slightly differing also in some other of its characters.
UP STAIRS.
THE MODEL.
Without enumerating the various dimensions of the different
Halls and Passages of the Tomb, it will be sufficient to observe
that the Model is constructed on a scale of one-sixth of the size
of the original Sepulchre.
No. 1. First Corridor.
No. 2. Staircase.
No. 3. Second Corridor.
No, 4. Pit or Well; the position of the ancient ropes which
were found, and the bridge of two beams that was constructed,
as well as the aperture which was enlarged and forced through
the wall, will be observed.
No. 5. The Entrance-hall; this is the farthest chamber repre-
sented below of its original dimensions.
No. 6. The Room called the Drawing-room. From this apart-
ment were taken the outlined figures to be seen opposite the cases
containing the Egyptian Curiosities. From the Entrance-hall on
the left, a large staircase descends into a corridor, and farther
on is the other Chamber
No. 7, represented below, called the Hall of Beauties. When
standing in the centre of this Chamber, the traveller is tur-
rounded by an assembly of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses.
No. 8. Hall of Pillars.
No. 9. Saloon, in the centre of which is the Sarcophagus of
Oriental Alabaster, nine feet five inches long, and three feet seven
inches wide; its thickness is only two inches, and it is semi-
transparent when, a light is placed m the inside. It is minutely
sculptured within and without, with several hundred figures, which
do not exceed two inches in height, and represent, it may be
supposed, the whole of the funeral procession and ceremonies,
relating to the deceased, united with several emblems, &c.
The substance of the Sarcophagus, is a stalactitical carbonate
of lime, approaching in its nature to arragonite, but «f inferior
hardness, and slightly differing also in some other of its characters.