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APPENDIX.
131
CAMPBELL'S TOMB.
This Tomb has been already described, (see page 216, Vol. I.)
Mr. Perring, however, observes, that the arch which it con-
tains, proves that the principles of that mode of building must
have been well understood at the time of its construction, and
therefore that many arches had, no doubt, been previously formed ;
and he remarks, that Mr. Wilkinson (page 116, Vol. II. of his last
work on the antient Egyptians) is of the same opinion, and
that he imagines from the drawings at Beni Hassan, that the
invention was known at the time of the first Osirtesen, the con-
temporary of Joseph.
Fig. [. General plan. A A, is the central excavation, 30 feet
6 inches from east to west, 26 feet 3 inches from north to south,
and 53 feet 6 inches in depth.
B is the arched tomb. C C C C, shew a surrounding trench,
about 5 feet 4 inches in width, and about 57 feet 3 inches square,
measuring on the inner side. It is not equidistant from the
central excavation, on account, probably, of the sepulchral grottoe
proceeding from the shafts on the southern side.
Fig. II. is a section of the eastern side of the trench, and
shews the parts of the rock which have been left to support the
sides of the excavation—(Nos. 1,2, 3,4, 5,6, 7 ; see also the same
numbers in Fig. I. Plan)—the rest of which is supported in like
manner. The upper surface of the ground is not level, but the
trench is about 73 feet deep, being 15 feet 6.J inches lower
than the surface of the inundation in 1838. It seems, there-
fore, to have been made for the purpose of insulating the
tomb, but not to have been carried to the proposed depth,
as it appears unfinished; and we are given to understand by
Herodotus, that it was not an unusual custom for the Egyptians
to excavate until they met with a fissure in the rock by which a
supply of water might be obtained, without the trouble of cutting
a canal. The excavations or grottoes, to, x, y, z, in the different
shafts, appear to have been first made. The sarcophagus in the
British Museum was taken from y ; another, made of basalt, was
found near, or rather under it; a third, apparently of white
granite, was discovered at z; and at x, a fourth, of basalt, decor-
ated with a few rows of hieroglyphics down the front: they had
all been opened, and the bodies removed.
Figures 3, 4, 5, shew the form and construction of the tomb
131
CAMPBELL'S TOMB.
This Tomb has been already described, (see page 216, Vol. I.)
Mr. Perring, however, observes, that the arch which it con-
tains, proves that the principles of that mode of building must
have been well understood at the time of its construction, and
therefore that many arches had, no doubt, been previously formed ;
and he remarks, that Mr. Wilkinson (page 116, Vol. II. of his last
work on the antient Egyptians) is of the same opinion, and
that he imagines from the drawings at Beni Hassan, that the
invention was known at the time of the first Osirtesen, the con-
temporary of Joseph.
Fig. [. General plan. A A, is the central excavation, 30 feet
6 inches from east to west, 26 feet 3 inches from north to south,
and 53 feet 6 inches in depth.
B is the arched tomb. C C C C, shew a surrounding trench,
about 5 feet 4 inches in width, and about 57 feet 3 inches square,
measuring on the inner side. It is not equidistant from the
central excavation, on account, probably, of the sepulchral grottoe
proceeding from the shafts on the southern side.
Fig. II. is a section of the eastern side of the trench, and
shews the parts of the rock which have been left to support the
sides of the excavation—(Nos. 1,2, 3,4, 5,6, 7 ; see also the same
numbers in Fig. I. Plan)—the rest of which is supported in like
manner. The upper surface of the ground is not level, but the
trench is about 73 feet deep, being 15 feet 6.J inches lower
than the surface of the inundation in 1838. It seems, there-
fore, to have been made for the purpose of insulating the
tomb, but not to have been carried to the proposed depth,
as it appears unfinished; and we are given to understand by
Herodotus, that it was not an unusual custom for the Egyptians
to excavate until they met with a fissure in the rock by which a
supply of water might be obtained, without the trouble of cutting
a canal. The excavations or grottoes, to, x, y, z, in the different
shafts, appear to have been first made. The sarcophagus in the
British Museum was taken from y ; another, made of basalt, was
found near, or rather under it; a third, apparently of white
granite, was discovered at z; and at x, a fourth, of basalt, decor-
ated with a few rows of hieroglyphics down the front: they had
all been opened, and the bodies removed.
Figures 3, 4, 5, shew the form and construction of the tomb