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APPENDIX.
He adds, that they were not built with blocks brought from
a distance, but with those quarried on the spot, which consisted
of a very hard white sandstone, and not of marble; and says, that
they were situated upon a ridge of rocks covered with desert sand,
as appeared by various excavations, particularly those at the
north-eastern angle of the Third Pyramid.
The author further says, that he discovered on some of them
hieroglyphics, which, he concludes, were the titles of the persons
to whom these monuments belonged.
M. VAUSLEB (1GG4)
Visited the Pyramids during an inundation of the Nile, and dis-
embarked at the edge of the Desert. He says, that there are
three large Pyramids near each other, and that the biggest was
the only one that could be entered or ascended. He does not
appear to have counted the ranges of stones, but came to a con-
clusion that there were two hundred and fifty-five; and adds, that
the Dutch consul had found the height to be six hundred and
sixty-two feet; but by allowing three feet for each of the ranges
of stone, he conceives that it was originally one hundred and three
feet higher, and that the total height had therefore been seven
hundred and sixty-five feet. Its base, according to the Dutch
consul, was seven hundred and twenty feet, which would give
2880 square feet. The summit was a square of nineteen feet.
The entrance was on the northern side, and much encumbered
with sand. The height of it was about four feet; and its
width would allow two people to pass. As there were no
steps, holes had been cut in the floor to facilitate the descent.
The length of the first passage was nearly one hundred feet,
and, at the end of it, he found a very difficult hole, which
opened into a large space. After proceeding a few yards to
the left hand, he entered into a lofty and well-built gallery,"
which, he remarked, was so dark, " che causa horrore," and also
exceedingly offensive, from the dirt of bats and from the want
of ventilation. At the end of this gallery, he passed through
a horizontal passage, in which it was necesary to stoop, to a
chamber of great height, said, by Sandys, to be twenty feet broad
6 He seems to have entirely overlooked the second ascending passage of above
a hundred feet, and also the Well and the Queen's Chamber.
APPENDIX.
He adds, that they were not built with blocks brought from
a distance, but with those quarried on the spot, which consisted
of a very hard white sandstone, and not of marble; and says, that
they were situated upon a ridge of rocks covered with desert sand,
as appeared by various excavations, particularly those at the
north-eastern angle of the Third Pyramid.
The author further says, that he discovered on some of them
hieroglyphics, which, he concludes, were the titles of the persons
to whom these monuments belonged.
M. VAUSLEB (1GG4)
Visited the Pyramids during an inundation of the Nile, and dis-
embarked at the edge of the Desert. He says, that there are
three large Pyramids near each other, and that the biggest was
the only one that could be entered or ascended. He does not
appear to have counted the ranges of stones, but came to a con-
clusion that there were two hundred and fifty-five; and adds, that
the Dutch consul had found the height to be six hundred and
sixty-two feet; but by allowing three feet for each of the ranges
of stone, he conceives that it was originally one hundred and three
feet higher, and that the total height had therefore been seven
hundred and sixty-five feet. Its base, according to the Dutch
consul, was seven hundred and twenty feet, which would give
2880 square feet. The summit was a square of nineteen feet.
The entrance was on the northern side, and much encumbered
with sand. The height of it was about four feet; and its
width would allow two people to pass. As there were no
steps, holes had been cut in the floor to facilitate the descent.
The length of the first passage was nearly one hundred feet,
and, at the end of it, he found a very difficult hole, which
opened into a large space. After proceeding a few yards to
the left hand, he entered into a lofty and well-built gallery,"
which, he remarked, was so dark, " che causa horrore," and also
exceedingly offensive, from the dirt of bats and from the want
of ventilation. At the end of this gallery, he passed through
a horizontal passage, in which it was necesary to stoop, to a
chamber of great height, said, by Sandys, to be twenty feet broad
6 He seems to have entirely overlooked the second ascending passage of above
a hundred feet, and also the Well and the Queen's Chamber.