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APPENDIX.
EGMONT (1709)
Says, that the Pyramids were called Djebel Pharoun : that the
largest was built upon a rock, about sixty feet high, which had been
hewn into the form of a camel's back. He states, that the base
of the Great Pyramid was found, by Greaves, to be six hundred
and ninety-three English feet: that the sides of the building faced
the cardinal points: and that the entrance was on the northern
side. He appears to have gone up to the top at the north-eastern
corner, as he remarks the chasm, which he calls an inn, about
half way up. He found that the summit was covered with six
stones about six feet long, but that the intervals between them
would require six other stones of equal size. He concludes, there-
fore, that it was either not finished, or that several of the stones
had been taken down. The blocks had been put together with
mortar, which contained small pebbles. He says that the ranges
of stone were two hundred and six, the inclined height six hundred
and seventy feet, and the perpendicular five hundred feet; and he
adds, that twenty-three feet were wanting to complete the apex.
With regard to the interior, he describes the entrance to be an
arched passage, three feet six inches wide, cut in the rock, and laced
with marble ; that the passage itself was eighty-four feet long, and
inclined at an angle of thirty-live degrees. It was nearly full of sand
and rubbish, and at the end of it he passed through a narrow space
into another passage, also cut in the rock, and ninety-six feet in
length, which ascended to a square landing-place twelve feet long,
and three feet four inches broad, from whence an ascending gallery,
a hundred and thirty-six feet long, and six feet six inches broad
between the walls, led to an upper chamber. This communication
had a stone bench on each side, one foot six inches broad, and one
foot six high ; and the height of the roof, which contracted at the
top, was twenty-two feet six inches above the pavement. The walls
consisted of nine tiers of marble blocks, seven of which projected
which he could not derive any possible advantage; whilst, on the other hand, so
interesting a monument could scarcely have existed in the neighbourhood of Suez
without attracting the observation of some of the numerous travellers that have for
so many years explored that part of the country. It is only necessary to add, that
the whole story appears to be a fiction.
APPENDIX.
EGMONT (1709)
Says, that the Pyramids were called Djebel Pharoun : that the
largest was built upon a rock, about sixty feet high, which had been
hewn into the form of a camel's back. He states, that the base
of the Great Pyramid was found, by Greaves, to be six hundred
and ninety-three English feet: that the sides of the building faced
the cardinal points: and that the entrance was on the northern
side. He appears to have gone up to the top at the north-eastern
corner, as he remarks the chasm, which he calls an inn, about
half way up. He found that the summit was covered with six
stones about six feet long, but that the intervals between them
would require six other stones of equal size. He concludes, there-
fore, that it was either not finished, or that several of the stones
had been taken down. The blocks had been put together with
mortar, which contained small pebbles. He says that the ranges
of stone were two hundred and six, the inclined height six hundred
and seventy feet, and the perpendicular five hundred feet; and he
adds, that twenty-three feet were wanting to complete the apex.
With regard to the interior, he describes the entrance to be an
arched passage, three feet six inches wide, cut in the rock, and laced
with marble ; that the passage itself was eighty-four feet long, and
inclined at an angle of thirty-live degrees. It was nearly full of sand
and rubbish, and at the end of it he passed through a narrow space
into another passage, also cut in the rock, and ninety-six feet in
length, which ascended to a square landing-place twelve feet long,
and three feet four inches broad, from whence an ascending gallery,
a hundred and thirty-six feet long, and six feet six inches broad
between the walls, led to an upper chamber. This communication
had a stone bench on each side, one foot six inches broad, and one
foot six high ; and the height of the roof, which contracted at the
top, was twenty-two feet six inches above the pavement. The walls
consisted of nine tiers of marble blocks, seven of which projected
which he could not derive any possible advantage; whilst, on the other hand, so
interesting a monument could scarcely have existed in the neighbourhood of Suez
without attracting the observation of some of the numerous travellers that have for
so many years explored that part of the country. It is only necessary to add, that
the whole story appears to be a fiction.