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OPERATIONS CARRIED ON AT GIZEH.
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phagi with pins appears to have been generally adopted,
even when a dovetail—an equally antient contrivance—
was not used.
As the entrance of this pyramid was so far to the
westward, and the tomb almost under the corner of the
superstructure, we concluded that another entrance to
the eastward, leading to another tomb, might exist. The
excavation was accordingly continued along the outside
in that direction in search of a passage ; and as the eastern
side of the anteroom was within four feet of the centre
of the pyramid, it was cut into in the hope of finding
another apartment.
Mr. Raven went to Cairo, for engines, chains, &c, to
enable us to remove the blocks of granite with more
facility.
An illegible coin, a wooden fastening for the load of a
camel, and some tibni (dried forage), were found near the
Third Pyramid, and also a quantity of unburnt bricks,
about twenty inches in length, and a heap of earth.
July 6th.
Reis, 11. Men, 141. Children, 94.
Third Pyramid.—Interior.
- Clearing the pavement.
Fourth Pyramid. — Clearing the chambers and passages.
- Blasting; the eastern wall of the anteroom.
- Blasting for another entrance.
Fifth Pyramid.—Clearing the chambers and passages.
Sixth Pyramid. — Removing the stones on the northern front.
of Egypt at a very remote period, but not before hieroglyphics had been
invented, and the arts had arrived at great excellence, which might well
he the case, as we know, from sacred history, that science flourished
before the deluge.
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49
phagi with pins appears to have been generally adopted,
even when a dovetail—an equally antient contrivance—
was not used.
As the entrance of this pyramid was so far to the
westward, and the tomb almost under the corner of the
superstructure, we concluded that another entrance to
the eastward, leading to another tomb, might exist. The
excavation was accordingly continued along the outside
in that direction in search of a passage ; and as the eastern
side of the anteroom was within four feet of the centre
of the pyramid, it was cut into in the hope of finding
another apartment.
Mr. Raven went to Cairo, for engines, chains, &c, to
enable us to remove the blocks of granite with more
facility.
An illegible coin, a wooden fastening for the load of a
camel, and some tibni (dried forage), were found near the
Third Pyramid, and also a quantity of unburnt bricks,
about twenty inches in length, and a heap of earth.
July 6th.
Reis, 11. Men, 141. Children, 94.
Third Pyramid.—Interior.
- Clearing the pavement.
Fourth Pyramid. — Clearing the chambers and passages.
- Blasting; the eastern wall of the anteroom.
- Blasting for another entrance.
Fifth Pyramid.—Clearing the chambers and passages.
Sixth Pyramid. — Removing the stones on the northern front.
of Egypt at a very remote period, but not before hieroglyphics had been
invented, and the arts had arrived at great excellence, which might well
he the case, as we know, from sacred history, that science flourished
before the deluge.
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