Howard-Vyse, Richard William Howard: Operations carried on at the Pyramids of Gizeh in 1837: with an account of a voyage into upper Egypt, and Appendix (Band 2) (London, 1841)

APPENDIX.

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Feet. Indies.

Passage leading to sepulchral chamber.

Length - - 12 0

Height - - - • 3 10

Width - - - - 3 6

Angle, 26° 35'.

Sepulchral Chamber — Length, east and west - 12 9

Breadth, north and south 10 3

Lining from 1 ft. 10 in. to 3 ft. 2 in.

TABLE OF DIMENSIONS OF THE NINTH PYRAMID.

THE SOUTHERN EAST OF THE GREAT PYRAMID.

Feet. Inches.

Orionnnl lia^f* ^nunrp nf -

- 160

0

perpendicular height



q

inclined height

- 130

6

Angle, 52° 10'.





Original extent of base, 2844 square yards.





Present base above ground, square of

- 120

0

Perpendicular height -

80

0

Inclined height ...

- 97

0

Entrance passage — height above base, about

2

6

Centre eastward of the centre of pyramid, about

5

0

Length -

53

0

Height -

3

11

Width -

3

5

Angle, 28°.





Anteroom — Length, north and south

• 11

1

Breadth, east and west

8

8

Height

7

3

Passage to sepulchral chamber.





Length -

8

2

Height - - - -

3

10

Width

3

3

Angle, 28° 50'.





Sepulchral chamber.





Length, east and west

- 12

3

Breadth, north and south

9

G

Height

8

6

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