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APPENDIX.
about half of which remains. Above this portcullis, a perpen-
dicular excavation is apparently connected with the horizontal
passage, D, Fig. 1, which had been forced from the entrance.
A little beyond the portcullis on the eastern side, a passage
communicates with two side-rooms excavated in the rock, and
originally lined with fine masonry, the fragments of which at
present nearly fill them.
The two principal apartments have pointed roofs, and are
lined with calcareous stone from the quarries of the Mokattam.
The blocks which form the sides are not laid on horizontal beds,
but slope away with an incline, like the beds of those in the
Queen's Chamber in the Great Pyramid of Gizeh.8
Nearly the whole of the pavement has been removed, and the
stones are scattered about the floor, and in the passages.
In the inner of the two principal apartments the remains of a
small sarcophagus, made of plain basalt, and without any orna-
ment, were found. The sarcophagus had been removed from its
original position.
In the northern and southern walls (at BB, Fig. 2) are
cavities, apparently intended to receive the ends of beams, used
for lowering the sarcophagus into its place.
The whole of the passages and apartments are excavated in
the rock, and are below the base of the Pyramid.
Original. Present
Base9.....231 ft. 3 in. 210 ft. 0 in.
Height.....146 ft. 6 in. 108 ft. 0 in.
Length of Inclined Entrance-passage,!
78 ft. 9 in.
closed up with masonry, about
Angle of ditto - - 26° 35'
Feet. Indies
Horizontal Passage, length to Portcullis - 31 3
Thickness of Portcullis ... 23
Portcullis to Apartments - - - - 26 9
Total length.....60 3
Feet. luetics.
Width of Passage.......42
Height to Granite Heading, A - -- -- 61
8 " Pyramids of Gizeh," Plate VIII. No. 1.
9 The base appeared to be longer from north to south than from cast to
west; but it is supposed that it was a square, and that the apparent irregularity
was owing to the rubbish, and to the ruined state of the building. The rock,
and the different sorts of masonry, are distinguished in the plans.
APPENDIX.
about half of which remains. Above this portcullis, a perpen-
dicular excavation is apparently connected with the horizontal
passage, D, Fig. 1, which had been forced from the entrance.
A little beyond the portcullis on the eastern side, a passage
communicates with two side-rooms excavated in the rock, and
originally lined with fine masonry, the fragments of which at
present nearly fill them.
The two principal apartments have pointed roofs, and are
lined with calcareous stone from the quarries of the Mokattam.
The blocks which form the sides are not laid on horizontal beds,
but slope away with an incline, like the beds of those in the
Queen's Chamber in the Great Pyramid of Gizeh.8
Nearly the whole of the pavement has been removed, and the
stones are scattered about the floor, and in the passages.
In the inner of the two principal apartments the remains of a
small sarcophagus, made of plain basalt, and without any orna-
ment, were found. The sarcophagus had been removed from its
original position.
In the northern and southern walls (at BB, Fig. 2) are
cavities, apparently intended to receive the ends of beams, used
for lowering the sarcophagus into its place.
The whole of the passages and apartments are excavated in
the rock, and are below the base of the Pyramid.
Original. Present
Base9.....231 ft. 3 in. 210 ft. 0 in.
Height.....146 ft. 6 in. 108 ft. 0 in.
Length of Inclined Entrance-passage,!
78 ft. 9 in.
closed up with masonry, about
Angle of ditto - - 26° 35'
Feet. Indies
Horizontal Passage, length to Portcullis - 31 3
Thickness of Portcullis ... 23
Portcullis to Apartments - - - - 26 9
Total length.....60 3
Feet. luetics.
Width of Passage.......42
Height to Granite Heading, A - -- -- 61
8 " Pyramids of Gizeh," Plate VIII. No. 1.
9 The base appeared to be longer from north to south than from cast to
west; but it is supposed that it was a square, and that the apparent irregularity
was owing to the rubbish, and to the ruined state of the building. The rock,
and the different sorts of masonry, are distinguished in the plans.