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APPENDIX.
the pyramid, the top of the passage has lost twenty-one feet six
inches of its original length, and, of course, the bottom propor-
tionably more.
It would appear, that the direction of the passage was deter-
mined by the star, which was polar at the time when the pyramid
was constructed, and that the exact aspect of the building was
regulated by it; but for the reasons already stated, it could not
have been used for celestial observation. The coincidence of the
relative position of a Draconis with the supposed date of the
pyramid, is at all events very remarkable.
A Table shewing the exterior angles of the buildings, the inclina-
tions, and proportions of the inclined passages, and also the
dimensions of the sarcophagi, that have been found in the nine
existing Pyramids at Gizeh.5
SARCOPHAGI.
Pyramids.
Angle.
Length.
Height.
Breadth.
Height
above base.
Angle of
Building.
Height.
Width.
o /
Ft.
In.
Ft. In.
Ft
In.
Ft In.
O /
Ft. In.
Ft. In.
G rent
26 41
320
10
3 11
3
49 0
51 50
3 5
3 3
Second
25 55
104
10
3 11
3
H
37 8
52 20
3 0
3 64
Third
2G 2
104
0
3 11}
3
51
13 0
51 0
2 11
3 I
Fourth
27 0
27
0
3 6
3
3
without the
building.
In steps.
2 7
2 7
Fifth
27 12
56
9
3 11J
3
5|
2 6
52 15
3 14
3 3
Sixth
30 0
47
9
S 11
3
2
without the
building.
In steps.
No Sarcophagus.
Seventh
33 35
55
3
4 0
3
6
At the base.
52 10
Not found.
Eighth
34 5
37
0
4 0
3
6
8 9
52 10
Not found.
Ninth
28 0
53
0
3 11
;s
5
2 (i
52 10
Not fout
d.
The base of the Great Pyramid was above high Kile, in 1837,
138 ft. 9 in.
The base of the Second is above the base of the Great Pyramid
33 ft. 2 in.
The base of the Third is above the base of the Great Pyramid
41 ft. 7 in.
5 The three Pyramids of Abouseir are situated about seven miles lo the south-
eastward from Gizeh, on a ridge about eighty feet above the plain. The angle of
building of the northern is 51° 35'; that of the descending passage in the northern
front 27° 5'. The angle of building of the Middle Pyramid, and that of the
entrance, could not be ascertained, on account of its dilapidated state. The angle
of building of the Southern Pyramid was not disco\ered, but that of the entrance
was 26°.
APPENDIX.
the pyramid, the top of the passage has lost twenty-one feet six
inches of its original length, and, of course, the bottom propor-
tionably more.
It would appear, that the direction of the passage was deter-
mined by the star, which was polar at the time when the pyramid
was constructed, and that the exact aspect of the building was
regulated by it; but for the reasons already stated, it could not
have been used for celestial observation. The coincidence of the
relative position of a Draconis with the supposed date of the
pyramid, is at all events very remarkable.
A Table shewing the exterior angles of the buildings, the inclina-
tions, and proportions of the inclined passages, and also the
dimensions of the sarcophagi, that have been found in the nine
existing Pyramids at Gizeh.5
SARCOPHAGI.
Pyramids.
Angle.
Length.
Height.
Breadth.
Height
above base.
Angle of
Building.
Height.
Width.
o /
Ft.
In.
Ft. In.
Ft
In.
Ft In.
O /
Ft. In.
Ft. In.
G rent
26 41
320
10
3 11
3
49 0
51 50
3 5
3 3
Second
25 55
104
10
3 11
3
H
37 8
52 20
3 0
3 64
Third
2G 2
104
0
3 11}
3
51
13 0
51 0
2 11
3 I
Fourth
27 0
27
0
3 6
3
3
without the
building.
In steps.
2 7
2 7
Fifth
27 12
56
9
3 11J
3
5|
2 6
52 15
3 14
3 3
Sixth
30 0
47
9
S 11
3
2
without the
building.
In steps.
No Sarcophagus.
Seventh
33 35
55
3
4 0
3
6
At the base.
52 10
Not found.
Eighth
34 5
37
0
4 0
3
6
8 9
52 10
Not found.
Ninth
28 0
53
0
3 11
;s
5
2 (i
52 10
Not fout
d.
The base of the Great Pyramid was above high Kile, in 1837,
138 ft. 9 in.
The base of the Second is above the base of the Great Pyramid
33 ft. 2 in.
The base of the Third is above the base of the Great Pyramid
41 ft. 7 in.
5 The three Pyramids of Abouseir are situated about seven miles lo the south-
eastward from Gizeh, on a ridge about eighty feet above the plain. The angle of
building of the northern is 51° 35'; that of the descending passage in the northern
front 27° 5'. The angle of building of the Middle Pyramid, and that of the
entrance, could not be ascertained, on account of its dilapidated state. The angle
of building of the Southern Pyramid was not disco\ered, but that of the entrance
was 26°.