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OPERATIONS CARRIED ON AT GIZEH. C9
As this pyramid was sufficiently opened for the pur-
poses of the survey, and as it had been evidently ran-
sacked, and examined in every part, nothing further was
done to it. It is, however, possible that some informa-
tion might be obtained, respecting the origin of this, and
also of the Eighth and Ninth Pyramids, if they were
entirely cleared out, which might easily be done at a
trifling expense.
The entrance into the Ninth Pyramid was concealed
under a heap of sand and of loose stones. It was about
two feet six inches above the base, and five feet eastward
of the centre in the northern front of the building, and
descended at an angle of twenty-eight.
As the work proceeded at the Third Pyramid, we
found that the rough and unequal surfaces of one or two
of the blocks near the centre, in the lower part of the
building, had been worked down to a flat surface, which
seemed to denote an entrance; and the workmen were
accordingly employed at that place.
July 29th.
Reis, 11. Men, 189. Children, 87.
Third Pyramid.—Clearing the pavement.
Fourth Pyramid.—Blasting the eastern side of anteroom.
Eighth Pyramid.— Excavation for entrance.
Ninth Pyramid.—Excavation for entrance.
Mr. Raven was taken ill, and returned to Cairo.
I endeavoured to examine the interior of the Ninth
Pyramid ; but it was so full of sand and of rubbish that the
candles would not burn. It was afterwards found, like the
others, to contain an anteroom, connected by an inner
passage with a sepulchral chamber, which had been lined
and roofed with slabs one foot thick. The walling had been
As this pyramid was sufficiently opened for the pur-
poses of the survey, and as it had been evidently ran-
sacked, and examined in every part, nothing further was
done to it. It is, however, possible that some informa-
tion might be obtained, respecting the origin of this, and
also of the Eighth and Ninth Pyramids, if they were
entirely cleared out, which might easily be done at a
trifling expense.
The entrance into the Ninth Pyramid was concealed
under a heap of sand and of loose stones. It was about
two feet six inches above the base, and five feet eastward
of the centre in the northern front of the building, and
descended at an angle of twenty-eight.
As the work proceeded at the Third Pyramid, we
found that the rough and unequal surfaces of one or two
of the blocks near the centre, in the lower part of the
building, had been worked down to a flat surface, which
seemed to denote an entrance; and the workmen were
accordingly employed at that place.
July 29th.
Reis, 11. Men, 189. Children, 87.
Third Pyramid.—Clearing the pavement.
Fourth Pyramid.—Blasting the eastern side of anteroom.
Eighth Pyramid.— Excavation for entrance.
Ninth Pyramid.—Excavation for entrance.
Mr. Raven was taken ill, and returned to Cairo.
I endeavoured to examine the interior of the Ninth
Pyramid ; but it was so full of sand and of rubbish that the
candles would not burn. It was afterwards found, like the
others, to contain an anteroom, connected by an inner
passage with a sepulchral chamber, which had been lined
and roofed with slabs one foot thick. The walling had been