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structures, because there was no certain account of their erection :
and in conclusion, he mentions the intention entertained by a
pacha, in 1580, to destro}' the Great Pyramid with gunpowder.
PERIZONIUS (1711).
In the " History of Egypt," by Perizonius, it is remarked that,
according to Josephus, the Hebrews were compelled to build the
Pyramids; but that this had been denied by others, and that
much uncertainty prevailed amongst antient authors as to the
date and purpose of their construction ; — that Manetho says, that
they were built by Venephes, the fourth king of the first, and in
another place by Suphis, the second king of the fourth dynasty;
and that Marsham asserts, that Venephes reigned in the time of
Peleg, and of his son Reu, and Suphis in the time of Terah, before
the birth of Abraham. The author, however, does not believe
that these buildings are so extremely antient; neither, on the
other hand, does he credit the account of Herodotus, that the
three Pyramids were built by Cheops, by his brother, and by his
son Myceriuus, after the Trojan war : for if they had been con-
structed at so comparatively late a period, more certain accounts
of them would have remained. Upon the whole, he is opinion
they were constructed by the Hebrews.4
PE RE SICARD* (1715).
This author observes, that there were twenty large Pyramids
and many smaller, that three of them were situated near the
site of antient Memphis, about nine miles from Cairo; that the
largest of them was five hundred feet in perpendicular, and six
hundred and seventy feet in inclined height; that it was ascended
by two hundred and twenty steps, about three feet in height; and
that twenty-four or twenty-five feet were wanting at the summit,
4 It is remarkable that the largest building in Rome, the Colosseum, is also said
to have been built by the captive Jews.
* This author is quoted by Kgmont.
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structures, because there was no certain account of their erection :
and in conclusion, he mentions the intention entertained by a
pacha, in 1580, to destro}' the Great Pyramid with gunpowder.
PERIZONIUS (1711).
In the " History of Egypt," by Perizonius, it is remarked that,
according to Josephus, the Hebrews were compelled to build the
Pyramids; but that this had been denied by others, and that
much uncertainty prevailed amongst antient authors as to the
date and purpose of their construction ; — that Manetho says, that
they were built by Venephes, the fourth king of the first, and in
another place by Suphis, the second king of the fourth dynasty;
and that Marsham asserts, that Venephes reigned in the time of
Peleg, and of his son Reu, and Suphis in the time of Terah, before
the birth of Abraham. The author, however, does not believe
that these buildings are so extremely antient; neither, on the
other hand, does he credit the account of Herodotus, that the
three Pyramids were built by Cheops, by his brother, and by his
son Myceriuus, after the Trojan war : for if they had been con-
structed at so comparatively late a period, more certain accounts
of them would have remained. Upon the whole, he is opinion
they were constructed by the Hebrews.4
PE RE SICARD* (1715).
This author observes, that there were twenty large Pyramids
and many smaller, that three of them were situated near the
site of antient Memphis, about nine miles from Cairo; that the
largest of them was five hundred feet in perpendicular, and six
hundred and seventy feet in inclined height; that it was ascended
by two hundred and twenty steps, about three feet in height; and
that twenty-four or twenty-five feet were wanting at the summit,
4 It is remarkable that the largest building in Rome, the Colosseum, is also said
to have been built by the captive Jews.
* This author is quoted by Kgmont.