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il ¡STORY OP THE PYRAMIDS \%
question seems to be that Chephren built the
second pyramid in hopes of finding out why his
brother had built the first, and this answer is
simply absurd. It is clear enough that, whatever
purpose Cheops had in building the first pyramid,
Chephren must have had a similar purpose in
building the second ; and we require a theory
which shall at least explain why the first pyramid
did not subserve for Chephren the purpose which
it subserved or was meant to subserve for Cheops.
The same reasoning may be extended to the third
pyramid, to the fourth, and in fine to all the
pyramids, forty or so in number, included under
the general designation of the Pyramids of Ghizeh
or Jeezeh. The extension of the principle to
pyramids later than the second is especially im-
portant as showing that the difference of religion
insisted on by Smyth has no direct bearing on the
question of the purpose for which the Great
Pyramid itself was constructed. For Mycerinus
either never left or else returned to the religion of
the Egyptians. Yet he also built a pyramid, which,
though far inferior in size to the pyramids built by
his father and uncle, was still a massive structure,
and relatively more costly even than theirs, be-
cause built of expensive granite. The pyramid
built by Asychis, though smaller still, was remark-
question seems to be that Chephren built the
second pyramid in hopes of finding out why his
brother had built the first, and this answer is
simply absurd. It is clear enough that, whatever
purpose Cheops had in building the first pyramid,
Chephren must have had a similar purpose in
building the second ; and we require a theory
which shall at least explain why the first pyramid
did not subserve for Chephren the purpose which
it subserved or was meant to subserve for Cheops.
The same reasoning may be extended to the third
pyramid, to the fourth, and in fine to all the
pyramids, forty or so in number, included under
the general designation of the Pyramids of Ghizeh
or Jeezeh. The extension of the principle to
pyramids later than the second is especially im-
portant as showing that the difference of religion
insisted on by Smyth has no direct bearing on the
question of the purpose for which the Great
Pyramid itself was constructed. For Mycerinus
either never left or else returned to the religion of
the Egyptians. Yet he also built a pyramid, which,
though far inferior in size to the pyramids built by
his father and uncle, was still a massive structure,
and relatively more costly even than theirs, be-
cause built of expensive granite. The pyramid
built by Asychis, though smaller still, was remark-