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APPENDIX.
1!)
GREAT PYRAMID.
Mr. Perrixg then removed the stones and rubbish from the
northern front of the Great Pyramid, and met with fragments of
a casing composed of granite, which had been cut up for modern
use, like the hlocks belonging to the Third Pyramid of Gizeh ; at
the end of sixteen days he arrived at the masonry A, which had
a casing in the form of steps, hut he did not discover an entrance.
He therefore proceeded to clear away the rubhish from the side
of the Pyramid above it, when he found a space, where the
masonry had fallen in ; and in doing so he met with a pointed
piece of sycamore wood, part of a head-rest, and a mallet about
11 inches long, 4£ inches wide at the upper end, and much worn.
It was similar to those represented by Sir J. G. Wilkinson,
Vol. II. p. 181, and Vol. III. p. 335.
The building was in steps or degrees, covered over with
flat stones (see a, b, c, in section, fig. 1), and the space between
these and the pyramidal casing was filled up with a rubble work
of smaller stones ; so that it appears to have been the original
intention to have left it in steps or degrees, like the present form
of the Pyramid of Saccara.
The lower courses of the casing, and part of the entrance-
passage, had been composed of granite. The masonry was some-
what better than that of the two other Pyramids, and the mortar,
composed of Nile earth, had been mixed up with a small quantity
of lime, or of pounded limestone.
Supposed original. Prcient.
Base..... 359 ft. 9 in. 325 ft.
Perpendicular Height - - '227 ft. 10 in. 164 ft.
From present Entrance to Apartment - - - 104 ft.
The entrance-passage, in the centre of the northern front, had
an inclination of 2G° ',Y. The horizontal continuation of it from
D to D in section was constructed with large blocks of Tourah
stone, in the singular manner (shewn in the cross-section,
fig. 3), and a roof of inclined stones between two walls had
relieved the passage from the superincumbent weight of the
building.
The sides were however destroyed, and the roof had been
broken up, with the exception of a few blocks, which had been
1!)
GREAT PYRAMID.
Mr. Perrixg then removed the stones and rubbish from the
northern front of the Great Pyramid, and met with fragments of
a casing composed of granite, which had been cut up for modern
use, like the hlocks belonging to the Third Pyramid of Gizeh ; at
the end of sixteen days he arrived at the masonry A, which had
a casing in the form of steps, hut he did not discover an entrance.
He therefore proceeded to clear away the rubhish from the side
of the Pyramid above it, when he found a space, where the
masonry had fallen in ; and in doing so he met with a pointed
piece of sycamore wood, part of a head-rest, and a mallet about
11 inches long, 4£ inches wide at the upper end, and much worn.
It was similar to those represented by Sir J. G. Wilkinson,
Vol. II. p. 181, and Vol. III. p. 335.
The building was in steps or degrees, covered over with
flat stones (see a, b, c, in section, fig. 1), and the space between
these and the pyramidal casing was filled up with a rubble work
of smaller stones ; so that it appears to have been the original
intention to have left it in steps or degrees, like the present form
of the Pyramid of Saccara.
The lower courses of the casing, and part of the entrance-
passage, had been composed of granite. The masonry was some-
what better than that of the two other Pyramids, and the mortar,
composed of Nile earth, had been mixed up with a small quantity
of lime, or of pounded limestone.
Supposed original. Prcient.
Base..... 359 ft. 9 in. 325 ft.
Perpendicular Height - - '227 ft. 10 in. 164 ft.
From present Entrance to Apartment - - - 104 ft.
The entrance-passage, in the centre of the northern front, had
an inclination of 2G° ',Y. The horizontal continuation of it from
D to D in section was constructed with large blocks of Tourah
stone, in the singular manner (shewn in the cross-section,
fig. 3), and a roof of inclined stones between two walls had
relieved the passage from the superincumbent weight of the
building.
The sides were however destroyed, and the roof had been
broken up, with the exception of a few blocks, which had been