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 GIZEII.

Great Pyramid.—Lady Arbutlmot's Chamber.
Second Pyramid.—Roof in Belzoni's Chamber.
Third Pyramid.—Interior.

Excavation between the Third and Fifth Pyramids.

Campbell's Tomb.

Fourth Pyramid.—Interior.

Boring the Sphinx.

Shaft westward of Sphinx.

Shaft between Campbell's Tomb and Second Pyramid.

After much labour, the excavation at the southern
front of the Great Pyramid had been carried to the level
of the supposed entrance, but without the slightest appear-
ance of a passage. Tbe difficulties encountered in this
operation proved how much expense and labour would be
necessary to take down one of these great edifices. Tbe
stones must be carefully lowered from tbe top, or they
would be broken, and unfit for any useful purpose ; and
unless extensive causeways were formed, the surrounding
ground would soon be encumbered to that degree as to
impede all further operations. So wonderfully have these
monuments been constructed for duration.

In part of the fosse at Campbell's Tomb the bottom
had been found at the depth of seventy-two feet. The
shaft westward of the Sphinx was cleared, and a party had
begun upon that between Campbell's Tomb and the
Second Pyramid. The thermometer was 115° in the
shade.

May 25th.
Reis, 8. Men, 150. Children, 172.

Great Pyramid.—Excavation in southern front.

- Excavation in northern front.

- Lady Arbuthnot's Chamber.

- Southern Air-channel.