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APPENDIX.
123
Average length of stones meeting in the middle,
and composing the roof, is about
Thickness out of which the coving is cut
Thickness of granite lining, about
Sarcophagus.
Outside, length. ...
— breadth ...
— height ...
Inside, length ...
— breadth ...
— depth ...
Difference of the level of the room containing the
niches below that of the passage leading to the
sepulchral chamber, from whence the commu-
nication is by seven steps
Length of the seven steps
Width of steps - - -
Room containing niches.
Length, north and south
Breadth, east and west
Height ....
Four niches on the eastern side.
Width ....
Height ...
Depth ....
Two niches on the northern side.
Width
Height ...
Depth -
Note.—This room is not parallel to that of the
sarcophagus, but lays 25' east of north.
Upper passage from the large apartment.5
Feet. Inches.
6
10
3
2
3
6
3
17
6
6
2
4
8
2
4
6
0
1
11
5
Oh
3
0
3
6
3
7
10
10
3
2
10
5 This passage leads from the large apartment through the rock to the masonry,
and at the upper end of it are several forced passages, that appear to have been made
many years before. One of them extends 5 feet to the west, from the end of the
passage, and ascends about 11 feet, and then slopes upwards to the south-east to the
distance of 12 feet 6 inches, then continues horizontally to the southward, 35 feet
6 inches ; afterwards inclines westward 6 feet 10 inches, and returns to the south
for 5 feet, and terminates in the masonry. Another excavation, 4 feet eastward of
the passage, ascends perpendicularly for 7 feet, runs southward horizontally 8 feet,
and then to the eastward 9 feet, where it terminates in the masonry. The highest
point of rock at the upper end of this passage, is 9 feet 2 inches above the external
base of the pyramid.
123
Average length of stones meeting in the middle,
and composing the roof, is about
Thickness out of which the coving is cut
Thickness of granite lining, about
Sarcophagus.
Outside, length. ...
— breadth ...
— height ...
Inside, length ...
— breadth ...
— depth ...
Difference of the level of the room containing the
niches below that of the passage leading to the
sepulchral chamber, from whence the commu-
nication is by seven steps
Length of the seven steps
Width of steps - - -
Room containing niches.
Length, north and south
Breadth, east and west
Height ....
Four niches on the eastern side.
Width ....
Height ...
Depth ....
Two niches on the northern side.
Width
Height ...
Depth -
Note.—This room is not parallel to that of the
sarcophagus, but lays 25' east of north.
Upper passage from the large apartment.5
Feet. Inches.
6
10
3
2
3
6
3
17
6
6
2
4
8
2
4
6
0
1
11
5
Oh
3
0
3
6
3
7
10
10
3
2
10
5 This passage leads from the large apartment through the rock to the masonry,
and at the upper end of it are several forced passages, that appear to have been made
many years before. One of them extends 5 feet to the west, from the end of the
passage, and ascends about 11 feet, and then slopes upwards to the south-east to the
distance of 12 feet 6 inches, then continues horizontally to the southward, 35 feet
6 inches ; afterwards inclines westward 6 feet 10 inches, and returns to the south
for 5 feet, and terminates in the masonry. Another excavation, 4 feet eastward of
the passage, ascends perpendicularly for 7 feet, runs southward horizontally 8 feet,
and then to the eastward 9 feet, where it terminates in the masonry. The highest
point of rock at the upper end of this passage, is 9 feet 2 inches above the external
base of the pyramid.