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inches and six lines, and that the Pyramid is built in the bottom
of it. This Pyramid, he states, has had a revetment of calcareous
stone, a portion of which remains on the upper part, which ter-
minates in a point, and that the lower part had probably a casing
of granite, as he observed several blocks of that material scattered
around it.5
He then mentions that the Third Pyramid, which is called
that of Mycerinus or of Rhodope, has the same aspect as the two
others, and has also been cased witli granite. The chasm on the
northern side was made by Murad Bey. This building was for-
merly separated from the Second Pyramid by a court, parts of which
yet remain, as well as of another on the southern side, enclosing
three smaller Pyramids ; whilst two other walls, on the western
side, formed a protection from the sands of the desert. The ruins
to the eastward of this Pyramid were composed of very large
stones, and had a spacious court, in which an entrance was formed
by two immense walls thirteen feet thick. The whole of it was
built with enormous blocks, as was also the southern dyke, which
was probably intended for the transport of stones from the village
Koum el Ecoued6 (the Black Building), where they had been
brought by a canal; and he conceives that the name of the village
might be derived from the dark colour of the stones.
A fourth Pyramid, about thirty metres to the south of the
Third, has the same aspect. M. Le Pore and Colonel Coutelle
began to pull it down, but they had only time to remove one-half
°f its height. They found many quarry-marks on the stones.
Two other Pyramids are to the west of this building. They are
ouilt in four stages, each of which is divided "en marches trcis
hautes et tres etroites, largeur de CT25, a CP4 ; le parement
en est incline; le sommet est une platefonne; la base de l'une a
3lm6; de 1'autre, 31m8 ; le premier corps a 4m4, de haut; le
deuxieme, 5° 6 ; le troisieme, 5m4 ; le quatrieme, 3m 2. La
retraite du deuxieme sur le premier est egal a 3m 2; celle du
troisi^me sur le second, a 3m,2 ; celle du quatrieme sur le troi-
5 It i3 to be remarked that no foss exists. The Pyramid lias been erected upon
a roc* ''"at slopes down towards the east, and, in some degree, towards the south :
ar>d the higher part, towards the west and the north, has been perpendicularly cut
down, and levelled for a considerable space, so that a low cliff has, on that side,
been formed, in which grottoes have been excavated.
° Koum el Eswith. The villages upon the plain are not correctly laid down in
the French maps.
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inches and six lines, and that the Pyramid is built in the bottom
of it. This Pyramid, he states, has had a revetment of calcareous
stone, a portion of which remains on the upper part, which ter-
minates in a point, and that the lower part had probably a casing
of granite, as he observed several blocks of that material scattered
around it.5
He then mentions that the Third Pyramid, which is called
that of Mycerinus or of Rhodope, has the same aspect as the two
others, and has also been cased witli granite. The chasm on the
northern side was made by Murad Bey. This building was for-
merly separated from the Second Pyramid by a court, parts of which
yet remain, as well as of another on the southern side, enclosing
three smaller Pyramids ; whilst two other walls, on the western
side, formed a protection from the sands of the desert. The ruins
to the eastward of this Pyramid were composed of very large
stones, and had a spacious court, in which an entrance was formed
by two immense walls thirteen feet thick. The whole of it was
built with enormous blocks, as was also the southern dyke, which
was probably intended for the transport of stones from the village
Koum el Ecoued6 (the Black Building), where they had been
brought by a canal; and he conceives that the name of the village
might be derived from the dark colour of the stones.
A fourth Pyramid, about thirty metres to the south of the
Third, has the same aspect. M. Le Pore and Colonel Coutelle
began to pull it down, but they had only time to remove one-half
°f its height. They found many quarry-marks on the stones.
Two other Pyramids are to the west of this building. They are
ouilt in four stages, each of which is divided "en marches trcis
hautes et tres etroites, largeur de CT25, a CP4 ; le parement
en est incline; le sommet est une platefonne; la base de l'une a
3lm6; de 1'autre, 31m8 ; le premier corps a 4m4, de haut; le
deuxieme, 5° 6 ; le troisieme, 5m4 ; le quatrieme, 3m 2. La
retraite du deuxieme sur le premier est egal a 3m 2; celle du
troisi^me sur le second, a 3m,2 ; celle du quatrieme sur le troi-
5 It i3 to be remarked that no foss exists. The Pyramid lias been erected upon
a roc* ''"at slopes down towards the east, and, in some degree, towards the south :
ar>d the higher part, towards the west and the north, has been perpendicularly cut
down, and levelled for a considerable space, so that a low cliff has, on that side,
been formed, in which grottoes have been excavated.
° Koum el Eswith. The villages upon the plain are not correctly laid down in
the French maps.