Perring, John Shae; Howard-Vyse, Richard William Howard: Operations carried on at the Pyramids of Gizeh in 1837: with an account of a voyage into upper Egypt, and Appendix (Band 3): Appendix (London, 1842)

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APfENDIX.

Mr. Pei'i'ing endeavoured to ascertain whether any apartment
existed to the westward of the large one, which has heen described
to he to the eastward of the centre of the Pyramid, although
directly in it in the other direction.

He also cut a communication along the face of the excavation
from the top of the main entrance, to find whether any passage
existed from the recess in the western side of the apartment; and
in six days he had contrived to penetrate to the apartment, and
to form a ledge along the northern and western sides to the recess,
which has been described to communicate with a passage 179 feet
6 inches in length, towards the northern end.

Plate A, Fig. 1, is a vertical section of the Pyramid through
the centre of the principal apartment, along the line G, H, in
Fig. 2, which is 37 feet eastward of the centre of the Pyramid.

Plate A, Fig. 2, is a sectional plan through A, B, in Fig. 1,
at the level of the gallery discovered August 15th, 1839. The
passage leading to the northward from the recess at the upper
part of the western side of the large apartment (drawn in small
dotted lines) is above the plane of the supposed section.

Plate B, Fig. 1, is a sectional plan through C, D, in Fig. 1,
Plate A, on a level with the roof of the excavation for the princi-
pal entrance-passage.

Plate B, Fig. 2, is a plan, following the passage, by which
the Pyramid is usually entered, and shewing the side excavations,
which are 5 feet 6 inches above the floor of the large apartment,
and which constitute small chambers.

Plate B, Fig. 3, is a sectional plan, E, F, in Fig. 1, Plate A,
through the lower passages and small apartments.4

Plate D, Fig. 1, is a sectional plan, shewing the chamber in
the floor, and the small apartments.

Fig. 2. A vertical section, looking northward, through the
large apartment, the chamber in the floor, and the small apart-
ments.

Fig. 3. A vertical section, looking westward, through the
large apartment, the chamber in the floor, and the inclined
entrance.

Fig. 4. Ditto, ditto, looking eastward.

Fig. 6. A representation of the granite stopper, which closed
the opening of the chamber in the floor.

Plate C. The doorway of the small apartment, with the

4 The chamber, in the Plate D, is called "a sanctuary."