Howard-Vyse, Richard William Howard: Operations carried on at the Pyramids of Gizeh in 1837: with an account of a voyage into upper Egypt, and Appendix (Band 1) (London, 1840)

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in the lid, and dropped into corresponding holes in the
sarcophagus when the lid was in its place, so that with-
out having heen broken it could not have been removed.
Some resinous substance, which I brought away, was
found at the bottom of these holes.

The Fourth Pyramid 5 (the middle one of the three
south of the third) was prepared for boring by removing
the stones from the top of it, as I expected to find the
sepulchral chamber by penetrating through it. It was
much dilapidated on the northern front; but the masonry
on the other sides was very fine, and the stones exceed-
ingly large, and apparently of great antiquity. Like the
sixth (the one to the westward), it had heen built in
regular stages. The other works, particularly those of
the Great Pyramid, were also attended to ; and a
scaffolding was put up in the great passage, that the
stone at the northern end might be examined. It
proved to be calcareous, but from its size, and situation,
was an object of interest.

March 8th.

Reis, 7. Men, 122. Children, 88.

Great Pyramid.—Excavation of southern front.

- Excavation of northern front.

--■ Davison's Chamber.

- Queen's Chamber.

5 The three large pyramids are sufficiently distinguished. The other
pyramids mentioned in this book were numbered as follows : The Fourth,
the central of the three southward of the Third ; the Fifth, that to the
eastward of the Fourth ; the Sixth, that to the westward of the Fourth •
the Seventh, the most northern of the three to the eastward of the Great
Pyramid ; the Eighth, that to the southward of the Seventh ; the Ninth,
that to the southward of the Eighth.