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APPENDIX.
Bible, passim; Lysimachus ; Tacitus; Emir Cond ; Pausanias ; Tatiani
Orationes; Diogenes Laertius; Italicus; Abd el Atiff; Abulfeda;
Berosus ; Machrisi; Masondi ; Pythagoras; Virgil; Homer; Pierius ;
Henricus Stephanus ; Proclus ; Plato.
M. DE MONCONYS (1647)
Says, that out of a number of Pyramids, two were much larger
than the rest, and that a third, of less size, was about one hun-
dred paces distant from those two, but was so dilapidated that it
could not be ascended ; neither had the entrances to the others
been discovered, so that the Great Pyramid was the chief object of
interest. He found this building five hundred and twenty feet high,
with a base of six hundred and eighty-two feet. It faced the four
cardinal points. The ranges of stones (like steps) were two hundred
and eight, of the average height of two feet and a half. The
summit was a platform, sixteen feet square, composed of twelve
very large stones. The entrance was on the sixteenth step,
nearly in the middle of the northern face. It was three feet six
inches high, three feet three inches wide, and continued at an
angle of sixty degrees, to the distance of seventy-six feet and a
half. At the end of it wras a space full of rubbish, from whence
several passages led to various chambers. All the passages were
filled with sand and stones, excepting one in a line with, and
about the size of, that by which he had entered. It ascended, at
an angle of sixtyr degrees, to the length of one hundred and eleven
feet, where another lofty communication, six feet four inches
wide, continued, in the same direction, one hundred and sixty-two
feet three inches further; and conducted to the door of a cham-
ber, which contained a tomb, three feet one inch in width, three
feet four inches in height, and seven feet two inches in length.
It had no cover, and was supposed to have been the tomb of
Pharaoh. The chamber was thirty-one feet long, nineteen high,
sixteen wide, and nine stones composed the roof; and the sides,
and floor, and also the passages, were formed with very large
blocks. Another chamber, below this, was entered by an horizon-
tal passage, which began from a square pit or well, and was one
hundred and sixty-two feet long. The well was very deep, but
inaccessible on account of bats and venemous animals, with which,
APPENDIX.
Bible, passim; Lysimachus ; Tacitus; Emir Cond ; Pausanias ; Tatiani
Orationes; Diogenes Laertius; Italicus; Abd el Atiff; Abulfeda;
Berosus ; Machrisi; Masondi ; Pythagoras; Virgil; Homer; Pierius ;
Henricus Stephanus ; Proclus ; Plato.
M. DE MONCONYS (1647)
Says, that out of a number of Pyramids, two were much larger
than the rest, and that a third, of less size, was about one hun-
dred paces distant from those two, but was so dilapidated that it
could not be ascended ; neither had the entrances to the others
been discovered, so that the Great Pyramid was the chief object of
interest. He found this building five hundred and twenty feet high,
with a base of six hundred and eighty-two feet. It faced the four
cardinal points. The ranges of stones (like steps) were two hundred
and eight, of the average height of two feet and a half. The
summit was a platform, sixteen feet square, composed of twelve
very large stones. The entrance was on the sixteenth step,
nearly in the middle of the northern face. It was three feet six
inches high, three feet three inches wide, and continued at an
angle of sixty degrees, to the distance of seventy-six feet and a
half. At the end of it wras a space full of rubbish, from whence
several passages led to various chambers. All the passages were
filled with sand and stones, excepting one in a line with, and
about the size of, that by which he had entered. It ascended, at
an angle of sixtyr degrees, to the length of one hundred and eleven
feet, where another lofty communication, six feet four inches
wide, continued, in the same direction, one hundred and sixty-two
feet three inches further; and conducted to the door of a cham-
ber, which contained a tomb, three feet one inch in width, three
feet four inches in height, and seven feet two inches in length.
It had no cover, and was supposed to have been the tomb of
Pharaoh. The chamber was thirty-one feet long, nineteen high,
sixteen wide, and nine stones composed the roof; and the sides,
and floor, and also the passages, were formed with very large
blocks. Another chamber, below this, was entered by an horizon-
tal passage, which began from a square pit or well, and was one
hundred and sixty-two feet long. The well was very deep, but
inaccessible on account of bats and venemous animals, with which,