Howard-Vyse, Richard William Howard: Operations carried on at the Pyramids of Gizeh in 1837: with an account of a voyage into upper Egypt, and Appendix (Band 2) (London, 1841)

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Second ascent. Feet. Inches.

Length - - - 161 0

Width - - - ,64

Horizontal passage.

Length - - - 10 0

Gallery leading to upper apartment, eight or ten paces.

The upper apartment.

Length - - - - 32 0

Width - - - - 16 0

Height - - - 19 0

Tomb.

Length - - - - 7 2

Breadth - - - 3 1

Height - - - - 3 3

Square of space on the top of the Pyramid - 16 8

Perpendicular height ... 520 0

The base - - - 682 0

First descent of well - - - 77 0

Second descent of well - - 123 0

He found that the height of the Second was equal to that of
the Great Pyramid, but that the base was somewhat less. This
Pyramid was difficult of ascent, as it was much dilapidated, and
as the courses of the stones were not regular like those of the
Great Pyramid. The Third Pyramid was one-fourth less. Its
base twenty feet less, and its height in proportion. It was built
of white stone. De Careri then recites the accounts given by
Greaves, upon Arabian authority, particularly that of the opening
of the Pyramid by the Caliph Al Mamoon. He observes, that
they were undoubtedly tombs, and quotes Strabo, Diodorus,
Heredotus, and Aristotle in support of that opinion ; but he adds,
that they had also been constructed for astronomical purposes.

LUCAS (1699)

Says, that the two larger Pyramids of Gizeh were about two
hundred paces distant from each other, and that the Great
Pyramid was the only one opened. The entrance was about three
feet square, and the path to it was over a heap of sand and rubbish.
The inclined passage had a coved roof; and, at the length of