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 2) (London, 1841)

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OPERATIONS CARRIED ON AT GIZEII.

servant on horseback, galloping towards Cairo, from
which I concluded, that some bad accident had happened;
and upon our arrival,.I found that Mr. Raven had received
a very severe blow from a crow-bar, which had splintered
his jaw and knocked out five of his teeth, and that Abd el
Ardie had also been stunned, and much injured. It ap-
peared, that in order to remove a very heavy mass of
granite, Mr. Raven and Abd el Ardie had been heaving at
a crow-bar, whilst some Arabs were working with another,
which, owing to their negligence and idleness, sprung, and
occasioned this mischief. It was impossible, without con-
stant exertion, to make these people keep to their work,
or hold on, either when lifting or when hauling at a rope;
and it is satisfactory to reflect, that during our operations,
no fatal accident occurred. Mr. Hill and Mr. Raven went
to Cairo.

The excavation in the wall of the anteroom at the
Fourth Pyramid had not led to any discoveries, and it was
for the time given up, as well as most of the other opera-
tions, that the work might be more effectually performed
at the Third Pyramid, where great strength was required.

July 12th.

Reis, 11. Men, 103. Children, 121.

The same works were repeated.

Mr. Hill arrived by break of day. I examined, with
Mr. Mash, the Fourth and Fifth Pyramids.

been first adopted during the time of the Mamelucs), is fully described in
Mr. Lane's book. The extreme of fashion seems to consist in the height
of the saddle, and in the size of the black satin cloaks.