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APPENDIX.
a half feet wide, with a corresponding height.
The end of this passage-way opens into a cliam-
her ten or fifteen feet square, from which other
chambers open on the east and west. It is
always the westerly chamber that contains the
mummy.
The Pyramid of King Pepi I. — This pyra-
mid is near the centre of the Sakkarah group, and
is called by the natives the " Pyramid of the
Sheikh Abou-Mansour." In 1842 Perring said
of it, " This is the only pyramid built entirely
of stones from the Arabian quarries. In all
others that material was used only for an exte-
rior casing and for the linings to the rooms and
passages. The good quality and convenient size
of the stones employed in the building, have, of
course, led to its destruction. The inhabitants
of the adjoining village have removed most of
them for their own use. A causeway from the
east may be traced, but it is nearly covered over
by the sand of the desert. The base is about
two hundred and fifty feet, the height about
forty feet."
Of all the pyramids, this is the one which
has suffered most. The stones of which it is
built, as Perring says, all came from the Arabian-
APPENDIX.
a half feet wide, with a corresponding height.
The end of this passage-way opens into a cliam-
her ten or fifteen feet square, from which other
chambers open on the east and west. It is
always the westerly chamber that contains the
mummy.
The Pyramid of King Pepi I. — This pyra-
mid is near the centre of the Sakkarah group, and
is called by the natives the " Pyramid of the
Sheikh Abou-Mansour." In 1842 Perring said
of it, " This is the only pyramid built entirely
of stones from the Arabian quarries. In all
others that material was used only for an exte-
rior casing and for the linings to the rooms and
passages. The good quality and convenient size
of the stones employed in the building, have, of
course, led to its destruction. The inhabitants
of the adjoining village have removed most of
them for their own use. A causeway from the
east may be traced, but it is nearly covered over
by the sand of the desert. The base is about
two hundred and fifty feet, the height about
forty feet."
Of all the pyramids, this is the one which
has suffered most. The stones of which it is
built, as Perring says, all came from the Arabian-