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APPENDIX.
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PYRAMID No. 4 IN THE MAP.
It is situated a little to the southward of the last-mentioned
Pyramid, and is surrounded with heaps of broken stone and of
rubbish, formed by repeated attempts to open it, and also by the
removal of the casing:, which had consisted of compact limestone
from the quarries at Tourah.
The base was so completely ruined, and encumbered with
stones and with sand, that the extent could not be accurately
measured, but it appeared to have been about 220 feet, and in
height G2 feet.
The platform at the top was about 30 feet.
PYRAMID No. 5 IN THE MAP.
This is the only Pyramid built entirely with stone from the
Arabian quarries. In all the others, that material was only used
for an exterior casing, and for a lining to the rooms and to the
passages. The good quality and convenient size of the stones
employed in the building, have of course led to its destruction,
and the inhabitants of the adjoining villages have removed most
of them for their own purposes.
Present Base, about - 250 feet.
Height.....40 feet.
A causeway to the eastward may be traced, but it is nearly
covered over by the sands of the desert.
PYRAMID No. 6 IN THE MAP.
This building is near the village, and is called " Haram e
Showwaf," the Pyramid of the Watchman, because it was one of
the stations where a look-out was formerly kept, to apprize the
inhabitants of the approach of the Bedouins. It was built with
unsquared stones, and had a casing of blocks from the Mokattam,
which is, however, almost entirely removed. The remains of a
causeway, about 36 feet wide, may yet be traced in the direction
of the village; near the Pyramid it was formed by an inclined
cutting in the rock, and afterwards by a masonry composed of
large blocks. On each side of it, and at about 220 feet from the
eastern face of the Pyramid, are the traces of two small buildings,
which may have been appendages, like the buildings or temples
opposite the eastern fronts of the three larger Pyramids of Gizeh.
51
PYRAMID No. 4 IN THE MAP.
It is situated a little to the southward of the last-mentioned
Pyramid, and is surrounded with heaps of broken stone and of
rubbish, formed by repeated attempts to open it, and also by the
removal of the casing:, which had consisted of compact limestone
from the quarries at Tourah.
The base was so completely ruined, and encumbered with
stones and with sand, that the extent could not be accurately
measured, but it appeared to have been about 220 feet, and in
height G2 feet.
The platform at the top was about 30 feet.
PYRAMID No. 5 IN THE MAP.
This is the only Pyramid built entirely with stone from the
Arabian quarries. In all the others, that material was only used
for an exterior casing, and for a lining to the rooms and to the
passages. The good quality and convenient size of the stones
employed in the building, have of course led to its destruction,
and the inhabitants of the adjoining villages have removed most
of them for their own purposes.
Present Base, about - 250 feet.
Height.....40 feet.
A causeway to the eastward may be traced, but it is nearly
covered over by the sands of the desert.
PYRAMID No. 6 IN THE MAP.
This building is near the village, and is called " Haram e
Showwaf," the Pyramid of the Watchman, because it was one of
the stations where a look-out was formerly kept, to apprize the
inhabitants of the approach of the Bedouins. It was built with
unsquared stones, and had a casing of blocks from the Mokattam,
which is, however, almost entirely removed. The remains of a
causeway, about 36 feet wide, may yet be traced in the direction
of the village; near the Pyramid it was formed by an inclined
cutting in the rock, and afterwards by a masonry composed of
large blocks. On each side of it, and at about 220 feet from the
eastern face of the Pyramid, are the traces of two small buildings,
which may have been appendages, like the buildings or temples
opposite the eastern fronts of the three larger Pyramids of Gizeh.