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and retained their hair, and as none of it was grey, they appeared to
have belonged to young jiersons; they were stiffened so that their
joints could not be moved, and they had become as light as air;
he likewise says, that there were four circles filled with human
bodies in the well, and that the whole place was infested with
bats. He also observes that various other animals were buried
there. And he says, that he found a bundle above a cubit long,
in the form of a turban composed of very white cotton inter-
woven with red silk; and that, upon opening it, he found a dead
lapwing completely covered with feathers as if it had just died.
From the vaulted chamber above-mentioned the higher part of
the Pyramid was accessible by a passage, about five paces wide,
but without any stairs or steps.6 He was informed that those,
who went up there in the time of Al Mamoon, came to a small
passage, containing the image of a man in green stone, which
was taken out for examination before the caliph; and that when
it was opened a human body was discovered in golden armour,
decorated with precious stones, in his hand was a sword of inesti-
mable value, and above his head a ruby of the size of an egg,
which shone like fire, and of which Al Mamoon took possession.
The author further states, that he himself saw the case, from which
the body had been taken, and that it stood at the door of the
king's palace at Cairo, in the year 511.
EDRISI.
Note by J. L. Burkhardt.
Extract from Slicrcef Djcmal eddyn Aboo Djafar Mohamcd
Edrysy's " History of the Pyramids," written in C23 A..H.7
Referring to what Aboo Zeyd Al Balkhi, the author of a geo-
graphical treatise, Aboo e' Szalt, and others relate of the passages
0 According to M. Jomaid's account, the author says, that from a chamber a
passage conducted to the top of the Pyramid; but he seems, by his description of
the size and form of the ascending passage, to mean not the summit of the building,
but the King's Chamber.
' There appears to be a mistake in this date. See Edrisi's preface to his own
work, translated by Jaubert. 4to. Paris, 1830, p. 22.
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and retained their hair, and as none of it was grey, they appeared to
have belonged to young jiersons; they were stiffened so that their
joints could not be moved, and they had become as light as air;
he likewise says, that there were four circles filled with human
bodies in the well, and that the whole place was infested with
bats. He also observes that various other animals were buried
there. And he says, that he found a bundle above a cubit long,
in the form of a turban composed of very white cotton inter-
woven with red silk; and that, upon opening it, he found a dead
lapwing completely covered with feathers as if it had just died.
From the vaulted chamber above-mentioned the higher part of
the Pyramid was accessible by a passage, about five paces wide,
but without any stairs or steps.6 He was informed that those,
who went up there in the time of Al Mamoon, came to a small
passage, containing the image of a man in green stone, which
was taken out for examination before the caliph; and that when
it was opened a human body was discovered in golden armour,
decorated with precious stones, in his hand was a sword of inesti-
mable value, and above his head a ruby of the size of an egg,
which shone like fire, and of which Al Mamoon took possession.
The author further states, that he himself saw the case, from which
the body had been taken, and that it stood at the door of the
king's palace at Cairo, in the year 511.
EDRISI.
Note by J. L. Burkhardt.
Extract from Slicrcef Djcmal eddyn Aboo Djafar Mohamcd
Edrysy's " History of the Pyramids," written in C23 A..H.7
Referring to what Aboo Zeyd Al Balkhi, the author of a geo-
graphical treatise, Aboo e' Szalt, and others relate of the passages
0 According to M. Jomaid's account, the author says, that from a chamber a
passage conducted to the top of the Pyramid; but he seems, by his description of
the size and form of the ascending passage, to mean not the summit of the building,
but the King's Chamber.
' There appears to be a mistake in this date. See Edrisi's preface to his own
work, translated by Jaubert. 4to. Paris, 1830, p. 22.