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APPENDIX.
called the Tomb of the Queen, and had no external entrance.
These passages he would have entered, had they not been full of
rubbish.
He then mentions, on the authority of Jacobus Marcus, a
physician, that, in 1577, a number of Italians went to Gizeh, and
having cleared away some of the sand, that they entered the Great
Pyramid ; but that, having gratified their curiosity, they found, on
their return, the passage so much encumbered with sand, that two
of them, a Venetian and a Sicilian, were obliged to remain there
during the night, as the rest of the party were afraid to wait and
assist them on account of the Bedouins. They returned for their
companions, however, the following morning, when they were
both got out without injury, but much alarmed; as, besides other
disagreeable circumstances, they had been obliged to defend
themselves throughout the night, not only from the bats, but
from owls and other birds of prey.
He describes the Second as being situated about a stone's
throw, or rather less, from the Great Pyramid ; that its sides were
smooth,5 and without any steps by which it might be ascended;
and also that it had not any entrance excepting the subterraneous
passage, which was supposed to exist from the bottom of the well
in the Great Pyramid.
The Third Pyramid, he remarks, was much smaller, was also
closed up, and without steps. He observed many other pyramids
intended for sepulchres, but these he could not describe, as he did
not examine them. He then adverts to the Sphinx, and says that
it was wonderfully carved/' that its entrance was probably from
the Great Pyramid, and that it had been intended for an oracle.
BAUMGARTEN (1591)
States that the Pyramids formed one of the Seven Wonders of
the world ; that the largest was built by Chemmi, and was of such
* " Quinimmo latera singula marmorea plana, perpolitaque in ea observari."
This is very remarkable.
6 " Namque ipsius rnentum, os, nasus, oculi, frons, auresque ex artis sculpture
magno judicio ex sculpta videntur." It would appear, therefore, to have at that time
been more perfect than at present, particularly as to the beard, which was found in
1817, beneath the sand.
APPENDIX.
called the Tomb of the Queen, and had no external entrance.
These passages he would have entered, had they not been full of
rubbish.
He then mentions, on the authority of Jacobus Marcus, a
physician, that, in 1577, a number of Italians went to Gizeh, and
having cleared away some of the sand, that they entered the Great
Pyramid ; but that, having gratified their curiosity, they found, on
their return, the passage so much encumbered with sand, that two
of them, a Venetian and a Sicilian, were obliged to remain there
during the night, as the rest of the party were afraid to wait and
assist them on account of the Bedouins. They returned for their
companions, however, the following morning, when they were
both got out without injury, but much alarmed; as, besides other
disagreeable circumstances, they had been obliged to defend
themselves throughout the night, not only from the bats, but
from owls and other birds of prey.
He describes the Second as being situated about a stone's
throw, or rather less, from the Great Pyramid ; that its sides were
smooth,5 and without any steps by which it might be ascended;
and also that it had not any entrance excepting the subterraneous
passage, which was supposed to exist from the bottom of the well
in the Great Pyramid.
The Third Pyramid, he remarks, was much smaller, was also
closed up, and without steps. He observed many other pyramids
intended for sepulchres, but these he could not describe, as he did
not examine them. He then adverts to the Sphinx, and says that
it was wonderfully carved/' that its entrance was probably from
the Great Pyramid, and that it had been intended for an oracle.
BAUMGARTEN (1591)
States that the Pyramids formed one of the Seven Wonders of
the world ; that the largest was built by Chemmi, and was of such
* " Quinimmo latera singula marmorea plana, perpolitaque in ea observari."
This is very remarkable.
6 " Namque ipsius rnentum, os, nasus, oculi, frons, auresque ex artis sculpture
magno judicio ex sculpta videntur." It would appear, therefore, to have at that time
been more perfect than at present, particularly as to the beard, which was found in
1817, beneath the sand.