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204 OPERATIONS CARRIED ON AT GIZEH.
Great Pyramid.—Wellington's Chamber.
- Queen's Chamber.
- Passage to Queen's Chamber.
- Northern Air-channel.
- Large stone in Great Passage.
Second Pyramid.—Lower Entrance.
Third Pyramid.—Interior.
Campbell's Tomb.
Fourth Pyramid.—Interior.
Rock in centre of northern front of Great Pyramid.
In examining the ground to the northward of the
Great Pyramid, I observed a line of rock projecting above
the sand, which appeared to have been scalped down, and
might, therefore, I considered, have contained an en-
trance to the subterraneous passage mentioned by Hero-
dotus. It was parallel to the building, and about a hun-
dred yards from it. But, upon removing the sand to the
depth of six or seven feet, it was found to be in its
natural state, and the work was given up.1 I at first
entertained an idea that a grand ascent might have been
formed from the plain below to the brow of the mountain
upon which the Great Pyramid is placed; but the side
of the rock is covered with vast heaps of rubbish, frag-
ments of stone, great quantities of coarse gravel, which
have been brought from distant parts of the desert (pro-
bably from Dashoor), and with other materials, that have
been used for fillings in, and for rubble work in the
interior of the edifice. Two or three large holes of an
angular shape have been cut in the platform before the
1 A trench near this place, which does not exist, is inserted in the
French map, probably through a mistake for the two pits further to the
eastward.
Great Pyramid.—Wellington's Chamber.
- Queen's Chamber.
- Passage to Queen's Chamber.
- Northern Air-channel.
- Large stone in Great Passage.
Second Pyramid.—Lower Entrance.
Third Pyramid.—Interior.
Campbell's Tomb.
Fourth Pyramid.—Interior.
Rock in centre of northern front of Great Pyramid.
In examining the ground to the northward of the
Great Pyramid, I observed a line of rock projecting above
the sand, which appeared to have been scalped down, and
might, therefore, I considered, have contained an en-
trance to the subterraneous passage mentioned by Hero-
dotus. It was parallel to the building, and about a hun-
dred yards from it. But, upon removing the sand to the
depth of six or seven feet, it was found to be in its
natural state, and the work was given up.1 I at first
entertained an idea that a grand ascent might have been
formed from the plain below to the brow of the mountain
upon which the Great Pyramid is placed; but the side
of the rock is covered with vast heaps of rubbish, frag-
ments of stone, great quantities of coarse gravel, which
have been brought from distant parts of the desert (pro-
bably from Dashoor), and with other materials, that have
been used for fillings in, and for rubble work in the
interior of the edifice. Two or three large holes of an
angular shape have been cut in the platform before the
1 A trench near this place, which does not exist, is inserted in the
French map, probably through a mistake for the two pits further to the
eastward.