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340 TRAVELS IN UPPER
Two drawings or plans were added to the
memoirs I have mentioned. They were those of
the Mummies-well, in the plain of Sakkara,
south of the pyramids of Memphis. (See Plate
XXVI.) The two little sides of the plan (fig. i.)
indicate the two wells, into which you descend,
to reach the subterranean trench or gallery, which
the Arabs have made, and which forms the loner
lower side of the same plan. The line parallel
to this gallery marks the surface of the ground.
The distance from one well to the other is about
a hundred or a hundred and fifty paces. That
which is on the left of the plan is a spurious
opening made by the Arabs; the true entrance is
on the right. A little below we meet with trunks
of palm-trees, and ruins. There were two
horizontal galleries, the commencements of which
are traced in the plan. It is probably the darkness
of the shadow which prevents the entrances from
being seen in the cavity of the well. The little
line of Oes on the left in the trench of the
Arabians marks the place from which the embalmed
birds arc usually taken.
The general plan of the real Mummies-well,
the entrance of which is on the right of the plan
at Jig. I. is traced in Jig. 2. It is to be observed,
the letters of the plan and elevation correspond.
At this place are seen the fine figures represented
in the drawing.
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Two drawings or plans were added to the
memoirs I have mentioned. They were those of
the Mummies-well, in the plain of Sakkara,
south of the pyramids of Memphis. (See Plate
XXVI.) The two little sides of the plan (fig. i.)
indicate the two wells, into which you descend,
to reach the subterranean trench or gallery, which
the Arabs have made, and which forms the loner
lower side of the same plan. The line parallel
to this gallery marks the surface of the ground.
The distance from one well to the other is about
a hundred or a hundred and fifty paces. That
which is on the left of the plan is a spurious
opening made by the Arabs; the true entrance is
on the right. A little below we meet with trunks
of palm-trees, and ruins. There were two
horizontal galleries, the commencements of which
are traced in the plan. It is probably the darkness
of the shadow which prevents the entrances from
being seen in the cavity of the well. The little
line of Oes on the left in the trench of the
Arabians marks the place from which the embalmed
birds arc usually taken.
The general plan of the real Mummies-well,
the entrance of which is on the right of the plan
at Jig. I. is traced in Jig. 2. It is to be observed,
the letters of the plan and elevation correspond.
At this place are seen the fine figures represented
in the drawing.
If