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OPERATIONS CARRIED ON AT GIZEII.
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have been alluded to on the 2d instant. The excavation
westward in the northern front of the Great Pyramid was
finished, and a small piece of iron was found in it com-
pletely decayed; but, as it was taken out of the rubbish,
its antiquity could not be ascertained. A party was em-
ployed in clearing away the sand near the north-eastern
angle at the base of the Great Pyramid, to assist the
survey.
I returned with Mr. Raven in the evening to Cairo.
The night was exceedingly clear, and the general appear-
ance of the city extremely picturesque.
I gave the German officers an order for their reception
at our tents on the following morning.
June 18th.—I endeavoured to obtain some intelligence
from the old Arab, who had told Jack of the communica-
tion between the Third and Fifth Pyramids, as I imagined
that he must have acquired some information when he
was employed by Mr. Jemel; but I found that he knew
nothing. He offered, indeed, to shew me ninety cham-
bers full of gold near the Sphinx; but I had already re-
ceived similar proposals from the high-priest, or head of
the Mahommedan religion, whom I accidentally met in
Cairo as I was returning from the Pyramids some weeks
before; and who also mentioned that he possessed some
curious Arabic books respecting the Pyramids, which may
possibly be worth the attention of Arabic scholars.
June 19th.
Reis, 11. Men, 220. Children, 188.
Great Pyramid.—Excavation in northern front.
- Excavation for base at north-eastern angle.
Roof in Queen's Chamber.
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have been alluded to on the 2d instant. The excavation
westward in the northern front of the Great Pyramid was
finished, and a small piece of iron was found in it com-
pletely decayed; but, as it was taken out of the rubbish,
its antiquity could not be ascertained. A party was em-
ployed in clearing away the sand near the north-eastern
angle at the base of the Great Pyramid, to assist the
survey.
I returned with Mr. Raven in the evening to Cairo.
The night was exceedingly clear, and the general appear-
ance of the city extremely picturesque.
I gave the German officers an order for their reception
at our tents on the following morning.
June 18th.—I endeavoured to obtain some intelligence
from the old Arab, who had told Jack of the communica-
tion between the Third and Fifth Pyramids, as I imagined
that he must have acquired some information when he
was employed by Mr. Jemel; but I found that he knew
nothing. He offered, indeed, to shew me ninety cham-
bers full of gold near the Sphinx; but I had already re-
ceived similar proposals from the high-priest, or head of
the Mahommedan religion, whom I accidentally met in
Cairo as I was returning from the Pyramids some weeks
before; and who also mentioned that he possessed some
curious Arabic books respecting the Pyramids, which may
possibly be worth the attention of Arabic scholars.
June 19th.
Reis, 11. Men, 220. Children, 188.
Great Pyramid.—Excavation in northern front.
- Excavation for base at north-eastern angle.
Roof in Queen's Chamber.