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the building about six feet. The southern was larger and somewhat
round, but not so deep as the former, and appeared, from the
blackness within it, to have been intended as a receptacle for an
eternal lamp, like that which had been found in Tulliola's tomb
in Italy, and in other sepulchres mentioned by Camden to have
been found in England. No traces of the air-channels could be
perceived on the exterior of the Pyramid.
He further adds, that Dr. Harvey, the king's physician, was
surprised that any person could exist for any length of time in the
interior of the Pyramid, and that he had remained there for three
hours.
The professor then adverts to the foundations of a building
near the Great Pyramid, that seemed to have been constructed of
basalt.
With respect to the Second Pyramid, built by Cephren, not-
withstanding the observations of Herodotus, and of Diodorus
Siculus, the latter of whom observes that the, base was one
hundred feet less than that of the Great Pyramid, Professor
Greaves considers that they are of equal magnitude ; as it had been
proved by the mensurations that had been taken by a Venetian
doctor, and in some degree corroborated by the assertions of
Strabo, that they were nearly of the same size. He adds, that he
found the stones were not so large, nor so regularly laid, as those
in the Great Pyramid, but that the surface was smooth and even,
and the whole fabric, excepting where it was opposed to the south,
very entire and free from inequalities and breaches.4 There did
not appear to be any entrance into the interior.
He then mentions the Hieroglyphics upon the face of the rock
to the northward of the Second Pyramid, and also the Chambers
excavated in the low clill's on the northern and western sides. He
says that these apartments were much encumbered with sand, and
that they were entered by low portals of no larger dimensions than
the entrance into the Great Pyramid.5
He remarks that the Third Pyramid, from its advantageous
4 This account is very extraordinary, as the surface of this Pyramid at present is
infinitely more rough, hoth from dilapidation, and also from a less perfect construc-
tion, than that of the larger one ; and as some record, or tradition, must have existed,
if the casing had been removed since 1G39, it would almost appear that the professor
had not personally examined the Second or Third Pyramids.
5 These entrances are of a considerable height, and must therefore at that period
have been filled up with sand.
APPENDIX.
the building about six feet. The southern was larger and somewhat
round, but not so deep as the former, and appeared, from the
blackness within it, to have been intended as a receptacle for an
eternal lamp, like that which had been found in Tulliola's tomb
in Italy, and in other sepulchres mentioned by Camden to have
been found in England. No traces of the air-channels could be
perceived on the exterior of the Pyramid.
He further adds, that Dr. Harvey, the king's physician, was
surprised that any person could exist for any length of time in the
interior of the Pyramid, and that he had remained there for three
hours.
The professor then adverts to the foundations of a building
near the Great Pyramid, that seemed to have been constructed of
basalt.
With respect to the Second Pyramid, built by Cephren, not-
withstanding the observations of Herodotus, and of Diodorus
Siculus, the latter of whom observes that the, base was one
hundred feet less than that of the Great Pyramid, Professor
Greaves considers that they are of equal magnitude ; as it had been
proved by the mensurations that had been taken by a Venetian
doctor, and in some degree corroborated by the assertions of
Strabo, that they were nearly of the same size. He adds, that he
found the stones were not so large, nor so regularly laid, as those
in the Great Pyramid, but that the surface was smooth and even,
and the whole fabric, excepting where it was opposed to the south,
very entire and free from inequalities and breaches.4 There did
not appear to be any entrance into the interior.
He then mentions the Hieroglyphics upon the face of the rock
to the northward of the Second Pyramid, and also the Chambers
excavated in the low clill's on the northern and western sides. He
says that these apartments were much encumbered with sand, and
that they were entered by low portals of no larger dimensions than
the entrance into the Great Pyramid.5
He remarks that the Third Pyramid, from its advantageous
4 This account is very extraordinary, as the surface of this Pyramid at present is
infinitely more rough, hoth from dilapidation, and also from a less perfect construc-
tion, than that of the larger one ; and as some record, or tradition, must have existed,
if the casing had been removed since 1G39, it would almost appear that the professor
had not personally examined the Second or Third Pyramids.
5 These entrances are of a considerable height, and must therefore at that period
have been filled up with sand.