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APPENDIX.
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Feet. Inches.
Height beyond ditto 4 2
Outer Principal Apartment, length, East and West - - 13 7
breadth, North and South 10 3
height at Sides - - - 10 5
height in Centre - - 14 2
Passage between Apartments, length - --56
width - - - - 3 11
height - - - - 3 11
Inner Apartment, length, East and West - - - 25 7£
breadth, North and South - - - 10 3
The height is the same as that of the Outer Apartments.
Passage leading from the principal Entrance-passage to the
Side-rooms, length ------
width - - - - -28
height......42
First Room, running East and West, length - - - 18 0
width - 8 0
Second Room, running North and South, length - - 34 0
width - 7 3
THE GREAT PYRAMID, No. 3 IN THE MAP.
Mr. Perring then examined the pyramid called by the Arabs,
" Haram el Modarrggeh," the Pyramid of Degrees. It is situated
on an elevation of about 91 feet above the plain, whence, by
scarping the rock into a regular incline to the base of this Pyra-
mid, and also to that of the one marked No. 2 in the Map, roads
liave been made for the conveyance of the stone used in the
buildings, which was principally taken from the eastern face of
the mountain, where tombs were afterwards formed in the quarry-
ings, and likewise for that of the finer blocks, which were brought
across the river from the Mokattam. It was opened by the
Baron von Minutoli in 1821, and is the only Pyramid in Egypt,
the sides of which do not exactly face the cardinal points, the
northern front being 4° 35' east of the true north. It also differs
from the rest in many other particulars, namely, in the form and
mode of building, in the number and complexity of the passages,
in having four entrances (one of them in the southern front), and
also a variety of small excavated chambers, upon the walls of two
of which hieroglyphics and peculiar ornaments are to be seen;
in containing a large apartment covered in with timber, and fur-
nished with a hidden chamber, and not apparently intended for
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41
Feet. Inches.
Height beyond ditto 4 2
Outer Principal Apartment, length, East and West - - 13 7
breadth, North and South 10 3
height at Sides - - - 10 5
height in Centre - - 14 2
Passage between Apartments, length - --56
width - - - - 3 11
height - - - - 3 11
Inner Apartment, length, East and West - - - 25 7£
breadth, North and South - - - 10 3
The height is the same as that of the Outer Apartments.
Passage leading from the principal Entrance-passage to the
Side-rooms, length ------
width - - - - -28
height......42
First Room, running East and West, length - - - 18 0
width - 8 0
Second Room, running North and South, length - - 34 0
width - 7 3
THE GREAT PYRAMID, No. 3 IN THE MAP.
Mr. Perring then examined the pyramid called by the Arabs,
" Haram el Modarrggeh," the Pyramid of Degrees. It is situated
on an elevation of about 91 feet above the plain, whence, by
scarping the rock into a regular incline to the base of this Pyra-
mid, and also to that of the one marked No. 2 in the Map, roads
liave been made for the conveyance of the stone used in the
buildings, which was principally taken from the eastern face of
the mountain, where tombs were afterwards formed in the quarry-
ings, and likewise for that of the finer blocks, which were brought
across the river from the Mokattam. It was opened by the
Baron von Minutoli in 1821, and is the only Pyramid in Egypt,
the sides of which do not exactly face the cardinal points, the
northern front being 4° 35' east of the true north. It also differs
from the rest in many other particulars, namely, in the form and
mode of building, in the number and complexity of the passages,
in having four entrances (one of them in the southern front), and
also a variety of small excavated chambers, upon the walls of two
of which hieroglyphics and peculiar ornaments are to be seen;
in containing a large apartment covered in with timber, and fur-
nished with a hidden chamber, and not apparently intended for
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