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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OPERATIONS CARRIED ON AT GIZEH.

Great Pyramid.—Passage to Queen's Chamber.
Second Pyramid.—Boring for Lower Entrance.

- Passage.

Third Pyramid.—Interior.
Campbell's Tomb.

Fourth Pyramid.—Preparing to bore.

After having gone, as usual, round the several works,
I assisted Mr. Perring and Mr. Mash in measuring the
Second Pyramid.

March 9th.

Reis, 7. Men, 140. Children, 112.
Great Pyramid.—Excavation in southern front.

- Excavation in northern front.

- Davison's Chamber.

- Queen's Chamber.

- Passage to Queen's Chamber.

- Large Stone in Great Passage.

Second Pyramid.—Boring of Lower Entrance.
Third Pyramid.—Interior.
Campbell's Tomb.

Fourth Pyramid.—Preparing to bore.

We again inspected the pyramids, and also the ruins
to the eastward of the great one, particularly two in-
tersecting passages, which were afterwards excavated.
Having entered the Great Pyramid, we directed our at-
tention to the Queen's Chamber, and to the large stone in
the northern end of the great passage. It had a sparry
secretion, like that on the walls of the Queen's, and on
the sides of Belzoni's Chamber, and was different from
those in the other parts of the passage. Whilst proceed-
ing to the King's Chamber, Mr. Perring and Mr. Mash
were sent for to attend a council in Cairo. At the