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APPENDIX.
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that year. He then quotes from Soyuti the following passages: —
" When Ahined Ebn Tuloon dug down5 to the doors of the
Pyramids they found a vessel of pearl; but he gave up the hope
of opening them." " In the time of Ahmed Ebn Tuloon a number
of people entered the Great Pyramid, and found in one of the
chambers a cup of glass with wonderful colours. When Ahined
Tuloon was informed of this he gave orders that none should
enter it." By which it would seem that both El Mamoon, and
also Ebn Tuloon visited these buildings.
454 3
447 6
TABLE OF DIMENSIONS.
Feet. Inches.
Former base - - - - 707 9
Present base ... - 690 9
Former height, perpendicular
Present height, perpendicular
Former height, inclined ... 572 6
Present height, inclined ... 563 6
Angle 52° 20'.
Square of platform on the top about - 9 0
From present top to bottom of casing from 130 to 150 ft.
Upper entrance-passage.
Note.—This passage has lost much of its original
length owing to the dilapidated state of the
exterior of the building.
Height of the bottom above the base of the pyramid 37 8
Centre of passage eastward from the centre of py-
ramid - - - - 43 10
Angle 25° 55'.
* The expression " dug down to the doors" would seem to intimate merely the
removal of the rubbish; and if the doors were found, and not afterwards opened,
't maybe inferred that they were closed up with solid masonry of a stronger con-
struction than the rest of the building, and, in that case, the forced entrances in the
two larger pyramids may he accounted for: still, however, I am of opinion that all
of them have been visited in very early times. It has heen supposed that the Great
Pyramid was opened hy El Mamoon in 829, a.h.; but it has also been helievtd from
t'"e following observations of Dionysius Telmaghie, that it had been previously
entered: —" Nous avons regarde par une ouerture, qui ctoit faite dans l'un de ces
edifices, et qui est profonde de cinquante coudees," &c. Professor White conceives
'hat the passage refers to the opening made by El Mamoon; but that would not
affect a former violation of the tomb by the regular entrance.
117
that year. He then quotes from Soyuti the following passages: —
" When Ahined Ebn Tuloon dug down5 to the doors of the
Pyramids they found a vessel of pearl; but he gave up the hope
of opening them." " In the time of Ahmed Ebn Tuloon a number
of people entered the Great Pyramid, and found in one of the
chambers a cup of glass with wonderful colours. When Ahined
Tuloon was informed of this he gave orders that none should
enter it." By which it would seem that both El Mamoon, and
also Ebn Tuloon visited these buildings.
454 3
447 6
TABLE OF DIMENSIONS.
Feet. Inches.
Former base - - - - 707 9
Present base ... - 690 9
Former height, perpendicular
Present height, perpendicular
Former height, inclined ... 572 6
Present height, inclined ... 563 6
Angle 52° 20'.
Square of platform on the top about - 9 0
From present top to bottom of casing from 130 to 150 ft.
Upper entrance-passage.
Note.—This passage has lost much of its original
length owing to the dilapidated state of the
exterior of the building.
Height of the bottom above the base of the pyramid 37 8
Centre of passage eastward from the centre of py-
ramid - - - - 43 10
Angle 25° 55'.
* The expression " dug down to the doors" would seem to intimate merely the
removal of the rubbish; and if the doors were found, and not afterwards opened,
't maybe inferred that they were closed up with solid masonry of a stronger con-
struction than the rest of the building, and, in that case, the forced entrances in the
two larger pyramids may he accounted for: still, however, I am of opinion that all
of them have been visited in very early times. It has heen supposed that the Great
Pyramid was opened hy El Mamoon in 829, a.h.; but it has also been helievtd from
t'"e following observations of Dionysius Telmaghie, that it had been previously
entered: —" Nous avons regarde par une ouerture, qui ctoit faite dans l'un de ces
edifices, et qui est profonde de cinquante coudees," &c. Professor White conceives
'hat the passage refers to the opening made by El Mamoon; but that would not
affect a former violation of the tomb by the regular entrance.