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THE PYRAMIDS.
93
The admiration in which the Pyramids have
been held for so many centuries, and which has
gained for them a place among the seven
wonders of the world, is indeed well deserved.
It must be confessed, however, that this admira-
tion is not generally felt when the visitor first
reaches the foot of these far-famed monuments.
The fact is, the immensity of the surrounding
desert and the want of some point of comparison
effectively diminish the apparent size of the
Pyramids, and prevent their being at first sight
thoroughly appreciated. But they soon grow
upon one, and assume their true proportions.
And then one experiences a feeling of amaze-
ment at the immensity of these constructions.
One sees in them the most lofty, the most
durable, the most stupendous monuments under
heaven that have ever been erected by the hand
of man. The Pyramids are already six or seven
thousand years old, but there is no reason why
one hundred thousand years hence they should
not be in the same state as we see them at the
present day, provided no ignorant or profane
hand be laid against them.
The three great Pyramids are the tombs of
Cheops, of Chephren, and of Mycerinus; the
93
The admiration in which the Pyramids have
been held for so many centuries, and which has
gained for them a place among the seven
wonders of the world, is indeed well deserved.
It must be confessed, however, that this admira-
tion is not generally felt when the visitor first
reaches the foot of these far-famed monuments.
The fact is, the immensity of the surrounding
desert and the want of some point of comparison
effectively diminish the apparent size of the
Pyramids, and prevent their being at first sight
thoroughly appreciated. But they soon grow
upon one, and assume their true proportions.
And then one experiences a feeling of amaze-
ment at the immensity of these constructions.
One sees in them the most lofty, the most
durable, the most stupendous monuments under
heaven that have ever been erected by the hand
of man. The Pyramids are already six or seven
thousand years old, but there is no reason why
one hundred thousand years hence they should
not be in the same state as we see them at the
present day, provided no ignorant or profane
hand be laid against them.
The three great Pyramids are the tombs of
Cheops, of Chephren, and of Mycerinus; the