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OPERATIONS CARRIED ON AT GIZEH. 277
been effectually screened from the sands of the desert by
a projecting stone above it. The northern had probably
been constructed in the same manner.
May 27th.
Reis, 8. Men, 143. Children, 174.
Great Pyramid.— Excavation in southern front.
- Excavation in northern front.
- Lady Arbuthnot's Chamber.
- Southern Air-channel.
- Roof in Queen's Chamber.
- Temple eastward of Great Pyramid.
Second Pyramid. — Roof in Belzoni's Chamber.
Third Pyramid.—Interior.
Excavation between the Third and Fifth Pyramids.
Campbell's Tomb.
Fourth Pyramid.—Interior.
Shaft westward of Sphinx.
Shaft between Campbell's Tomb and Second Pyramid.
Shaft north of Sphinx.
The excavation near the roof in the Queen's apart-
ment was again resumed. The chamber over Lady Ar-
buthnot's (subsequently called Campbell's) was opened
and minutely examined. The people employed at the
mouth of the southern Air-channel could be distinctly
heard from it; its length was thirty-seven feet ten inches,
and its width twenty feet six inches; it was entirely
empty, without door or entrance, and seemed to have
been intended for the same purpose as the chambers
below it; but appeared to be the last and to complete
the series, as it had an inclined roof, like the Queen's
and Belzoni's Chambers, composed of eleven slabs of
calcareous stone, twelve feet three inches long. They
been effectually screened from the sands of the desert by
a projecting stone above it. The northern had probably
been constructed in the same manner.
May 27th.
Reis, 8. Men, 143. Children, 174.
Great Pyramid.— Excavation in southern front.
- Excavation in northern front.
- Lady Arbuthnot's Chamber.
- Southern Air-channel.
- Roof in Queen's Chamber.
- Temple eastward of Great Pyramid.
Second Pyramid. — Roof in Belzoni's Chamber.
Third Pyramid.—Interior.
Excavation between the Third and Fifth Pyramids.
Campbell's Tomb.
Fourth Pyramid.—Interior.
Shaft westward of Sphinx.
Shaft between Campbell's Tomb and Second Pyramid.
Shaft north of Sphinx.
The excavation near the roof in the Queen's apart-
ment was again resumed. The chamber over Lady Ar-
buthnot's (subsequently called Campbell's) was opened
and minutely examined. The people employed at the
mouth of the southern Air-channel could be distinctly
heard from it; its length was thirty-seven feet ten inches,
and its width twenty feet six inches; it was entirely
empty, without door or entrance, and seemed to have
been intended for the same purpose as the chambers
below it; but appeared to be the last and to complete
the series, as it had an inclined roof, like the Queen's
and Belzoni's Chambers, composed of eleven slabs of
calcareous stone, twelve feet three inches long. They