Operations Carried on at the Pyramids of Gizeh in 1837 (Volume 3 ); With an Accout of a Vouyage Into Upper Egypt, and an Appendix - Brossura
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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1842. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... pyramid of abou roash. This Pyramid is situated about five miles to the northwestward of those at Gizeh. The base (320 feet square) alone remains. The defective places have been made good with masonry, but the bulk of it is formed of the mountain (composed of a hard chalk), which has been reduced to a level around it. No part of the external casing is to be found; indeed the edifice was not probably ever completed, or even raised to a considerable height, for scarcely any materials, and very little rubbish, are to be seen, although the situation is difficult of access. An inclined entrance-passage, and an apartment, lying east and west, have been constructed in an excavation, and have been lined with fine calcareous stone from the Tourah quarries. The passage (about 160 feet in length) is in the centre of the northern front, and descends at an angle of 22 35'. The dimensions of the apartment are about 40 feet by 15, and above it smaller chambers appear to have been constructed, similar to those over the King's Chamber in the Great Pyramid of Gizeh. Hieroglyphics have been inscribed with red ochre on some of the blocks at the western end, but they cannot be distinctly made out. Upon the adjacent ground are heaps of broken granite, which may possibly be the chippings of the blocks, originally intended for an external casing, but afterwards broken up, and carried away for other purposes. The fragments crumble to pieces upon being handled, and are much decomposed and covered with moss, either from great antiquity, or from an exposure, not only to the corroding air of the desert, but-also to the moist winds of the Delta. Some other foundations are upon the same height, which has been already described to be composed of chalk, and which appears to have been worked in ...
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