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APPENDIX.
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which was a square of ten or twelve feet. He says, the entrance
was on the northern side, and forty-five feet ahove the base ; and
that the inclined passage was eighty-five feet in length, and three
feet six inches square. At the end of it, another passage, ninety-
six feet in length, and three feet four inches square, ascended to a
well on the right hand, which was choked up with sand. From this
place an horizontal passage, three feet square, and one hundred
and thirteen feet long, couducted to a chamber eighteen feet long,
sixteen feet wide, and twenty-one feet high—the roof of which
inclined to a ridge in the middle. This chamber did not contain
any traces of a tomb. Returning to the well, he ascended a
gallery, which was one hundred and thirty-six feet in length, six
feet in width, and twenty-four in height, and had a roof which
contracted towards the top; it had also a ramp on each side. At
the end of the gallery he passed through an horizontal passage,
formed of granite, twenty-one feet long, three feet eight inches
wide, and three feet four inches high, to a sepulchral apartment,
which was thirty-two feet long, sixteen feet wide, and sixteen feet
high ; it was entirely composed of granite ; and, at the distance of
four feet four inches from the end of it, he found a sarcophagus,
seven feet lon<r, three feet in height, and three feet and a half
wide. It was formed out of a single block of granite, had no
cover, and when struck, sounded like a bell. The author con-
ceives that the history of the Pyramids, and the particulars of
their construction, could be found out; likewise by whom they
were opened : but he does not mention how this knowledge cotdd
he obtained.
SHAW (1721)
Notices the difference that exists in the various admeasure-
ments of the Pyramids, which arose, probably, from their being
taken on different levels. He quotes the following:—
The base, by Herodotus - - 800 feet.
- Diodorus - 700 —
- Strabo - 600 —
-- Sandys - - 300 paces.
- Bellonius - - 324 —
- Greaves - - 693 English feet.
- Le Brun - - 704 French feet.
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which was a square of ten or twelve feet. He says, the entrance
was on the northern side, and forty-five feet ahove the base ; and
that the inclined passage was eighty-five feet in length, and three
feet six inches square. At the end of it, another passage, ninety-
six feet in length, and three feet four inches square, ascended to a
well on the right hand, which was choked up with sand. From this
place an horizontal passage, three feet square, and one hundred
and thirteen feet long, couducted to a chamber eighteen feet long,
sixteen feet wide, and twenty-one feet high—the roof of which
inclined to a ridge in the middle. This chamber did not contain
any traces of a tomb. Returning to the well, he ascended a
gallery, which was one hundred and thirty-six feet in length, six
feet in width, and twenty-four in height, and had a roof which
contracted towards the top; it had also a ramp on each side. At
the end of the gallery he passed through an horizontal passage,
formed of granite, twenty-one feet long, three feet eight inches
wide, and three feet four inches high, to a sepulchral apartment,
which was thirty-two feet long, sixteen feet wide, and sixteen feet
high ; it was entirely composed of granite ; and, at the distance of
four feet four inches from the end of it, he found a sarcophagus,
seven feet lon<r, three feet in height, and three feet and a half
wide. It was formed out of a single block of granite, had no
cover, and when struck, sounded like a bell. The author con-
ceives that the history of the Pyramids, and the particulars of
their construction, could be found out; likewise by whom they
were opened : but he does not mention how this knowledge cotdd
he obtained.
SHAW (1721)
Notices the difference that exists in the various admeasure-
ments of the Pyramids, which arose, probably, from their being
taken on different levels. He quotes the following:—
The base, by Herodotus - - 800 feet.
- Diodorus - 700 —
- Strabo - 600 —
-- Sandys - - 300 paces.
- Bellonius - - 324 —
- Greaves - - 693 English feet.
- Le Brun - - 704 French feet.