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tie Infide of the Firjl PYRAMID,
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ithin,
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bilojo.
inued
harg-
)r the
those
in so
issue
con-
vhich
of it
^hat-
white
3 very
tables.
, such
;-walls,
r knit-
ey are
d thaE
rufture,
Qippery
■ising of
tilery is
six teet,
the foot
:h three
fa thou-
allowed
s set and
'o banks
id stone;
hundred
a foot in
Upon the
!e, where
1, are lit-
el figures,
another!
other end
nd range-
side-walls*
•e, in ^
latis^j
h are buj
do &and
•ee inches;
5urse over-
na the top
they descend. Which will better be con-
ceived by the representation of it to the
eye in this figure, than by any other de-
scription.
Besides these, I have not observed any Greaves.
other sculptures, or ingravings, in the
whole Pyramid: and therefore it may
justly be wondered, whence the Arabians
borrowed those traditions I before related,
that all fciences are infcribed within in hie-
roglyphicks: and as justly it may be que-
stioned, upon what authority Bio, or his
epitomizer Xiphilinus, reports, that Cor-
nelius Gallus (whom m Strabo more truly
names ALlius Gallus, with whom he tra-
velled into Egypt, as a friend and com-
panion) n ingraved in the Pyramids his vic-
tories, unless we understand some other
Pyramids not now existent. This square
passsage is of the same wideness and di-
mensions as the rest, and is in length near
ninefeet, (being all of Thebaick marble, most
exquisitely cut) which lands us at the
north end of a very sumptuous and well-
proportioned room. The distance from
the end of the second gallery to this entry,
running upon the same level, is twenty-
four feet. This rich and spacious chamber,
in which art may seem to have contended
with nature, the curious work being not
inferior to the rich materials, stands as it
were in the heart and centre of the Py-
ramid, equidistant from all the sides, and
almost in the middle between the bafis
and the top. The floor, the sides, the
roof of it, are all made of vast and exqui-
site tables of 'Thebaick marble, which, is
they were not veiled and obscured by
the (team of tapers, would appear glitter-
ing and mining. From the top of it de-
sending to the bottom, there are but six
ranges of stone, all which, being reipec-
tively sized to an equal height, very grace-
fully in one and the same altitude, run
round the room. The (tones, which cover
this place, are of a strange and stupen-
dous length, like so many huge beams
lying ssat, and traversing the room, and
withal supporting that infinite mass, and
weight of the Pyramid above. Of these
there are nine, which cover the roof, two
of them are less by half in breadth than
the rest; the one at the east end, the
other at the west. The length of this
0 chamber on the south side, most accu-
rately taken at the joint, or line, where
the rirst and second row of stones meet*
is thirty-four Englifh feet, and three hun-
dred and eighty parts of the foot divided
into a thousand (that is, thirty-four feet,
and three hundred and eighty of a thou-
sand parts of a foot). The breadth of
the
i Sunt er.'im rebus novis nova ponencla, nomirut. Cicero, lib.?, de Natur£ Deorurn.
•as Strabo, lib. 17. n Xiphil. in Cses. Aug. 'I'd soya. o<ra i'7rz'7roinK&i^ sj 7rvgtff/t£'dt$ lo-'ty^li.
0 These proportions of the chamber, and those which follow, of the length and brea.lth of the hollow part
os the tomb, were taken by me with as much exaclness as it was possible to do ; which I did so much the more
diligently, as judging this to be the sittest place for the sixing of measures sor pofsemy. A thing which hath
been much ddired by learned men; but the manner how it might be exactly done, hath been thought os by
K° 82. Vo l. II- 8 A none,
Having passed this gallery, we enter an-
other square hole, of the same dimensions
with the former, which brings us into two
anticamerettee, as the Italians would call
them, or ante-clofets (give me leave, in so
unusual a strufture, to frame some \ unusual
terms) lined with a rich and speckled kind
of Thebaick marble. The first of these
hath the dimensions almost equal to the
second. The seeond is thus proportioned :
The area is level, the figure of it is oblong,
the one side containing seven feet, the
other three and an half 5 the height is ten
feet. On the east and west sides, within
two feet and half of the top, which is
somewhat larger than the bottom, are
three cavities, or little seats, in this man-
ner :
This inner ante-closet is separated from
the former, by a stone of red speckled
marble, which hangs in two mortices (like
the leaf of a sluice) between two walls,
more than three feet above the pavement,
and wanting two of the roof. Out of this
closet we enter another square hole, over
which are five lines cut parallel, and per-
pendicular, in this manner:
x\iW
4i
the;/
i^i
mid.
;PPre-
ithin,
kPlu~
bilojo.
inued
harg-
)r the
those
in so
issue
con-
vhich
of it
^hat-
white
3 very
tables.
, such
;-walls,
r knit-
ey are
d thaE
rufture,
Qippery
■ising of
tilery is
six teet,
the foot
:h three
fa thou-
allowed
s set and
'o banks
id stone;
hundred
a foot in
Upon the
!e, where
1, are lit-
el figures,
another!
other end
nd range-
side-walls*
•e, in ^
latis^j
h are buj
do &and
•ee inches;
5urse over-
na the top
they descend. Which will better be con-
ceived by the representation of it to the
eye in this figure, than by any other de-
scription.
Besides these, I have not observed any Greaves.
other sculptures, or ingravings, in the
whole Pyramid: and therefore it may
justly be wondered, whence the Arabians
borrowed those traditions I before related,
that all fciences are infcribed within in hie-
roglyphicks: and as justly it may be que-
stioned, upon what authority Bio, or his
epitomizer Xiphilinus, reports, that Cor-
nelius Gallus (whom m Strabo more truly
names ALlius Gallus, with whom he tra-
velled into Egypt, as a friend and com-
panion) n ingraved in the Pyramids his vic-
tories, unless we understand some other
Pyramids not now existent. This square
passsage is of the same wideness and di-
mensions as the rest, and is in length near
ninefeet, (being all of Thebaick marble, most
exquisitely cut) which lands us at the
north end of a very sumptuous and well-
proportioned room. The distance from
the end of the second gallery to this entry,
running upon the same level, is twenty-
four feet. This rich and spacious chamber,
in which art may seem to have contended
with nature, the curious work being not
inferior to the rich materials, stands as it
were in the heart and centre of the Py-
ramid, equidistant from all the sides, and
almost in the middle between the bafis
and the top. The floor, the sides, the
roof of it, are all made of vast and exqui-
site tables of 'Thebaick marble, which, is
they were not veiled and obscured by
the (team of tapers, would appear glitter-
ing and mining. From the top of it de-
sending to the bottom, there are but six
ranges of stone, all which, being reipec-
tively sized to an equal height, very grace-
fully in one and the same altitude, run
round the room. The (tones, which cover
this place, are of a strange and stupen-
dous length, like so many huge beams
lying ssat, and traversing the room, and
withal supporting that infinite mass, and
weight of the Pyramid above. Of these
there are nine, which cover the roof, two
of them are less by half in breadth than
the rest; the one at the east end, the
other at the west. The length of this
0 chamber on the south side, most accu-
rately taken at the joint, or line, where
the rirst and second row of stones meet*
is thirty-four Englifh feet, and three hun-
dred and eighty parts of the foot divided
into a thousand (that is, thirty-four feet,
and three hundred and eighty of a thou-
sand parts of a foot). The breadth of
the
i Sunt er.'im rebus novis nova ponencla, nomirut. Cicero, lib.?, de Natur£ Deorurn.
•as Strabo, lib. 17. n Xiphil. in Cses. Aug. 'I'd soya. o<ra i'7rz'7roinK&i^ sj 7rvgtff/t£'dt$ lo-'ty^li.
0 These proportions of the chamber, and those which follow, of the length and brea.lth of the hollow part
os the tomb, were taken by me with as much exaclness as it was possible to do ; which I did so much the more
diligently, as judging this to be the sittest place for the sixing of measures sor pofsemy. A thing which hath
been much ddired by learned men; but the manner how it might be exactly done, hath been thought os by
K° 82. Vo l. II- 8 A none,
Having passed this gallery, we enter an-
other square hole, of the same dimensions
with the former, which brings us into two
anticamerettee, as the Italians would call
them, or ante-clofets (give me leave, in so
unusual a strufture, to frame some \ unusual
terms) lined with a rich and speckled kind
of Thebaick marble. The first of these
hath the dimensions almost equal to the
second. The seeond is thus proportioned :
The area is level, the figure of it is oblong,
the one side containing seven feet, the
other three and an half 5 the height is ten
feet. On the east and west sides, within
two feet and half of the top, which is
somewhat larger than the bottom, are
three cavities, or little seats, in this man-
ner :
This inner ante-closet is separated from
the former, by a stone of red speckled
marble, which hangs in two mortices (like
the leaf of a sluice) between two walls,
more than three feet above the pavement,
and wanting two of the roof. Out of this
closet we enter another square hole, over
which are five lines cut parallel, and per-
pendicular, in this manner:
x\iW
4i
the;/