Operations carried on at the pyramids of Gizeh in 1837: with an accout of a vouyage into upper Egypt, and an appendix, Volume 2Fraser, 1840 - 368 pages |
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Abou afterwards air-channel antient apartment appear Arabs ascending passage base Belzoni Belzoni's Chamber blocks bottom building built Cairo Caliph Campbell's Tomb Caviglia centre Cheops Colonel Campbell composed construction contained cubits Davison's Chamber depth descended dimensions Diodorus Diodorus Siculus discovered distance eastern side eastward Egypt Egyptian entered entrance examined excavation exterior feet high feet long Fifth Pyramids formed Fostat gallery Gizeh granite Greaves Herodotus hieroglyphics horizontal passage hundred feet inclined passage inscription interior janissary king King's Chamber labour lower Makrizi Mamoon Manetho marble masonry Masoudi mentioned monuments Mycerinus Nile northern front northern side observed opened opinion Osirian portcullis probably Pyra Pyramid.-Excavation Pyramids of Gizeh Queen's Chamber ranges of stone Reis remarks rock roof rubbish sand sarcophagus says Second Pyramid sepulchral chamber shaft southern Sphinx Sprenger square Strabo subterraneous summit supposed thee Third Pyramid three feet upper Upper Egypt westward Width