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OPERATIONS CARRIED ON AT GIZEH.
The entrance, as I observed, was situated thirteen feet
above the base, in the masses of granite of which it was
composed, and which immediately around the aperture had
been levelled to the angle of the upper part of the building,
but it did not present any traces of an inscription, or of
sculpture.8 The entrance had been forced, as well as the
inclined passage, the sides and floor of which had been car-
ried through the granite blocks for twenty-eight feet two
inches, and the roof for twenty-nine feet eight inches,
when a large block (B, PI. I. Fig. 2), was inserted, pro-
bably on account of a flaw in the rock. The remainder
of the passages, and all the other chambers and commu-
"nications were entirely excavations. The interior of the
passage was rough and uneven, particularly near the en-
trance, where the joints of the masonry were open and
defective, and the ceiling was cut in coves of unequal
height. Much of this irregularity was no doubt occasioned
is reached, in which several pits are seen that were dug by those who
went in quest of treasures. From thence another room is entered, the
four walls of which are formed by six or seven chambers with arched
doors, as are the doors over the small private chambers in the baths. In
the midst of the space on the side, and round which these chambers ex-
tend, is a blue long vessel, quite empty. The Shereef, Abou El Hosseyn,
of the family of Mymoon Ibn Hambe, has told me that he was pre-
sent when the opening into this pyramid was effected by people who
were in search after treasures; they worked at it with axes for six
months, and they ware in great numbers. They found in this basin,
after they had broken the covering of it, the decayed rotten remains of a
man, but no treasures on his side, excepting some golden tablets in-
scribed with characters of a language nobody could understand. Each
man's share of these tablets amounted to one hundred dinars."
8 A polished revetment of granite appears, by the key-stones of that
material, to have extended to C. (Sec section of the Pyramid.)
OPERATIONS CARRIED ON AT GIZEH.
The entrance, as I observed, was situated thirteen feet
above the base, in the masses of granite of which it was
composed, and which immediately around the aperture had
been levelled to the angle of the upper part of the building,
but it did not present any traces of an inscription, or of
sculpture.8 The entrance had been forced, as well as the
inclined passage, the sides and floor of which had been car-
ried through the granite blocks for twenty-eight feet two
inches, and the roof for twenty-nine feet eight inches,
when a large block (B, PI. I. Fig. 2), was inserted, pro-
bably on account of a flaw in the rock. The remainder
of the passages, and all the other chambers and commu-
"nications were entirely excavations. The interior of the
passage was rough and uneven, particularly near the en-
trance, where the joints of the masonry were open and
defective, and the ceiling was cut in coves of unequal
height. Much of this irregularity was no doubt occasioned
is reached, in which several pits are seen that were dug by those who
went in quest of treasures. From thence another room is entered, the
four walls of which are formed by six or seven chambers with arched
doors, as are the doors over the small private chambers in the baths. In
the midst of the space on the side, and round which these chambers ex-
tend, is a blue long vessel, quite empty. The Shereef, Abou El Hosseyn,
of the family of Mymoon Ibn Hambe, has told me that he was pre-
sent when the opening into this pyramid was effected by people who
were in search after treasures; they worked at it with axes for six
months, and they ware in great numbers. They found in this basin,
after they had broken the covering of it, the decayed rotten remains of a
man, but no treasures on his side, excepting some golden tablets in-
scribed with characters of a language nobody could understand. Each
man's share of these tablets amounted to one hundred dinars."
8 A polished revetment of granite appears, by the key-stones of that
material, to have extended to C. (Sec section of the Pyramid.)