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APPENDIX.
admeasurements and other particulars relating to the
pyramids, etc., at gizeh.
The three larger Pyramids seern to have been always pre-
eminent for antiquity and for size; but as the mountains near
Gizeh have been used as a cemetery from the time of Suphis to
a late period, there were probably many more of these monu-
ments besides those -which now exist. We are indeed informed
that several were destroyed by the Vizier Karakousch for the
sake of their materials: at present the remains of nine only are
apparent.
Their dimensions are here inserted, and a few other parti-
culars that have been omitted in the course of this Journal. The
former refer to tbe large plans published in numbers; but they
may, in some degree, be applied to the sections given in this
work, and may be also of use to future travellers in Egypt.
The entrances of all these buildings are from the north ; those
of the Great Pyramid, of the Second and Ninth, to the eastward
of the centre; of the Third, Fifth, Seventh, and Eighth, in the
centre; and of the Fourth and Sixth, to the westward.
The sepulchral chambers in the Great Pyramid, in the Second
and Fifth, extend east and west, and are entered from the north
in a straight line with the inclined passages. Those of the other
pyramids are entered by short passages from other apartments on
their eastern sides; and in the Third, Fourth, and Sixth, extend
north and south; in the Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth, east and
west.
The ceilings in these chambers are flat, with the exception of
those in tbe Second and Third ; and the walls have been lined
with masonry, excepting those in the chambers of the Second and
Fifth. The Sixth has not been finished.
The sarcophagi, which have been discovered, have been placed
north and south, to the westward of the entrances, and not exactly
m the centre of that side of the chamber, near which they have
admeasurements and other particulars relating to the
pyramids, etc., at gizeh.
The three larger Pyramids seern to have been always pre-
eminent for antiquity and for size; but as the mountains near
Gizeh have been used as a cemetery from the time of Suphis to
a late period, there were probably many more of these monu-
ments besides those -which now exist. We are indeed informed
that several were destroyed by the Vizier Karakousch for the
sake of their materials: at present the remains of nine only are
apparent.
Their dimensions are here inserted, and a few other parti-
culars that have been omitted in the course of this Journal. The
former refer to tbe large plans published in numbers; but they
may, in some degree, be applied to the sections given in this
work, and may be also of use to future travellers in Egypt.
The entrances of all these buildings are from the north ; those
of the Great Pyramid, of the Second and Ninth, to the eastward
of the centre; of the Third, Fifth, Seventh, and Eighth, in the
centre; and of the Fourth and Sixth, to the westward.
The sepulchral chambers in the Great Pyramid, in the Second
and Fifth, extend east and west, and are entered from the north
in a straight line with the inclined passages. Those of the other
pyramids are entered by short passages from other apartments on
their eastern sides; and in the Third, Fourth, and Sixth, extend
north and south; in the Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth, east and
west.
The ceilings in these chambers are flat, with the exception of
those in tbe Second and Third ; and the walls have been lined
with masonry, excepting those in the chambers of the Second and
Fifth. The Sixth has not been finished.
The sarcophagi, which have been discovered, have been placed
north and south, to the westward of the entrances, and not exactly
m the centre of that side of the chamber, near which they have