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APPENDIX.
descants at some length on the chronology of Egypt; and in doing
so, he adverts to the tradition that the Third Pyramid was huilt
by Rhodope.
M. Denon then gives a table of the height of the several
ranges of stone of which the Great Pyramid is composed, by
which it appears that they are two hundred and eight in number,
and that the height of the edifice is four hundred and forty-eight
feet two inches. He observes, that the stone abounds with petri-
factions, and that pieces of mother of pearl, and of shells, are
frequently found near the bases of the different Pyramids.2 The
base of the Great Pyramid is stated to be seven hundred and
twenty-eight feet; the length of the inclined passage one hundred
and twelve feet, and the width three feet four inches. He found
that a forced entrance had been made into the ascending passage,
in order to avoid the granite blocks with which the lower part
of it was closed; this communication was seventy-seven feet
in length, and appeared, from the ruined state of its sides, to
have been filled up with masonry; the horizontal passage
leading to the Queen's Chamber was one hundred and eighteen
feet long, and was of the same width as the others ; the length of
the Queen's Chamber was eighteen feet, its width sixteen, and its
roof was inclined like that of the great, gallery.3 The chamber
contained a quantity of stones and rubbish, taken out of an exca-
vation that had been made in it before; but, as the quantity
of rubbish is not equal to the excavation, M. Denon conjectures,
that a cavity had been discovered in the masonry. Returning
from the horizontal passage he ascended the great gallery, which
was one hundred and twenty-three feet eleven inches in length,
about twenty-five feet high, six feet six inches wide, and had a
ramp on each side twenty-eight inches high. He then describes
the projections of the corners in the walls and the construction of
the roof. From this gallery he entered the King's Chamber by
an anteroom, ten feet in height, which appeared to have been
closed up with blocks of stone. The length of the chamber was
thirty-two feet, the breadth sixteen, and the height eighteen feet
ten inches; the roof was flat, and composed of nine stones of
s These appear to have been brought there with earth, and the other materials with
which the cement was composed.
3 The roof of the Great Gallery is not inclined, but narrows towards the top
by the approximation of the courses that form the sides, which are all of them
perpendicular.
APPENDIX.
descants at some length on the chronology of Egypt; and in doing
so, he adverts to the tradition that the Third Pyramid was huilt
by Rhodope.
M. Denon then gives a table of the height of the several
ranges of stone of which the Great Pyramid is composed, by
which it appears that they are two hundred and eight in number,
and that the height of the edifice is four hundred and forty-eight
feet two inches. He observes, that the stone abounds with petri-
factions, and that pieces of mother of pearl, and of shells, are
frequently found near the bases of the different Pyramids.2 The
base of the Great Pyramid is stated to be seven hundred and
twenty-eight feet; the length of the inclined passage one hundred
and twelve feet, and the width three feet four inches. He found
that a forced entrance had been made into the ascending passage,
in order to avoid the granite blocks with which the lower part
of it was closed; this communication was seventy-seven feet
in length, and appeared, from the ruined state of its sides, to
have been filled up with masonry; the horizontal passage
leading to the Queen's Chamber was one hundred and eighteen
feet long, and was of the same width as the others ; the length of
the Queen's Chamber was eighteen feet, its width sixteen, and its
roof was inclined like that of the great, gallery.3 The chamber
contained a quantity of stones and rubbish, taken out of an exca-
vation that had been made in it before; but, as the quantity
of rubbish is not equal to the excavation, M. Denon conjectures,
that a cavity had been discovered in the masonry. Returning
from the horizontal passage he ascended the great gallery, which
was one hundred and twenty-three feet eleven inches in length,
about twenty-five feet high, six feet six inches wide, and had a
ramp on each side twenty-eight inches high. He then describes
the projections of the corners in the walls and the construction of
the roof. From this gallery he entered the King's Chamber by
an anteroom, ten feet in height, which appeared to have been
closed up with blocks of stone. The length of the chamber was
thirty-two feet, the breadth sixteen, and the height eighteen feet
ten inches; the roof was flat, and composed of nine stones of
s These appear to have been brought there with earth, and the other materials with
which the cement was composed.
3 The roof of the Great Gallery is not inclined, but narrows towards the top
by the approximation of the courses that form the sides, which are all of them
perpendicular.