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| FRANKIDESHINS NEW! YORK JOURNAL! 123! |
how aes Pyramids, of Egypt, e.s jont ad’t | tos,postpgne cthis,,to; amyo.secord. :Misiti. However menty~afor the.puyposty as is-dupposqd,-ofia supparts.
> specially the two.largest, Wyorthy.of description. the .interior! of; this. .F Pyzainid }t twoight ‘of, wmhasonry above.o. Injqne jcorner ofr
ze) . the most is,,in all.its details, +:the ascent lof the treat: gallory,| this. pediment, \Proféssér-Lépsius hasv+if sit; may: bei»
ses oi bpil gn, stone, that human} labor has} at.some,230 feet. from, the jentrance,-and. that an: lowed to.say. sd/ of! sq. Jearnedi and able.a man—.+)
ever, been, know. on ‘to. he; Egyptian. mificent. “vault. tavy, rich. it.leads} the King's Cham. | witha. sometwhati questionable..taste) carved..outsa si
Pyramids, of which, ‘arge., and), small, and. i in n differs 4 ber, t, dined th hout with polished granite, andthe tablet,.and adarned-it- with .a longiand doubtless very ><
:preservation, the, number,-i isi veryl con: | grpat. sarcophagus ati, the, farther corner! of it,4-that dc rect hieroglyphic. inseription,s i in shonorisof.this:+)
all, situated on.,,the nwesty.side.of the,}deep and mysterious well at the lower end.of, th any ing William of. Prussia, and. obs Nictonaer
end, jn,.an irregular line,.and)in |. gallerys explored. throughi its .three.igloomy, shafts riay-Qt fiE England pest
e distance from ac other, from.t the | by the, gallant per f Mr, {that pl + ib th. in cliaracter. “and!
of. Jizeh, in 302.N. lat.jas, far, saute Davison, and,.half, a, century; after, by. Me Caviglia, ition iegible ta.the f mankind)!
a length.of between 60,and 70 ) miles. 2nd, the, smailer passage.that branches of into, the | —Lanid, tol ithe-few : learned. eee read ita, doun-1.,
s have square, bases,.and, their, sides |, Queen’s Chamber,,498..feet .in.a! perpendicular line. tarfeity. Proclaiming itself.to be isuch,-+a line addedi /
"PAINS... Lowinide cor ores 2 «| belovy, the apex.of the Pyramidj}—all these have,boen.} tq the Iliad in commemoration of Waterloowie alt 1)
3... ree Jizeh,,are nearly. opposite. to. $ thorpnghly and minutely described- in. the, works |!1 |. The entranve.of, cach ofthe! three. preat Pyta-
Cairo. “They. stand, on a plateay.or terrace, of limer,|.of Colonel. Vyse, and Sir;,Gardner.,Wilkinson, and | ids; and.oftsuch of t the others:as: have been openedi«:
stone, which i is a,projection from the, Libyan, moun r;Russell,.as, to forbid. repetitions. ‘Their labors, at Aboukir, Sakhara;.ands Dashoury is. due«north 3
tain-chain. 'The surface of the terrace is harren,and|,a%d those, of, all.swho. preceded,them; have leftsiper-|.(polar, not» maguetic)!; >and the spassage,; leading.’ )
irregular, and i is covered with sand and small frag-
ments of rock;_ its, height, measured from the bage
of the Great Pyramid, is 164 fect aboye,the Nile in
its low state, taken at an average, of, the;years 1,798,
to 1801. ‘The north-east angle of the Great Pyramid
is 1, ee. yards trom the, canal, which, rans between,
tertace, and ffs, Nile, and about five miles from,
tself. , yet abe
phis ‘that the |Great, Pyzamid.was built by, Cheops,
King of Baypt, about 900 s.c., or about.450 years
us was, “Safemed. by ‘the, ‘priests oft, Mems,|.i A
haps, dittle, further to..bo discovered; nothing: cer-
aight. from ithe» mouth, descends sin! eachoat..the...4
tainly; whieh, has, been discovered, undescribed,.,i It
is, hasvever; sworth observation that,, of all. the mea
surements made, of the sarcophaguss. there’ are hanlly
any (Lknow butiof.twa, Dr, Russell's and Colonel.
(Vy¥se’s) which exactly, and to.an inchpagree. ‘They.
eas the brealth.of.it three, fect, three,inches 5,.and,
me.dngle of. about twenty-seven. degrées: front the...
fane oft the hozitons which givebia:ling. ef direction:.!
t fan. xemated from: that »point, of theilheavens »
hera, the: PolaroStar.nowi crosses: the\:meridian. «
the: Pysamids,. bosides the..othes ‘purposes for
at Gardner makes, it only, three, fect... We
as, we believed, with scrupulous. exactness,.mak-,
ita breadth ithree; fect, two. .. Other descriptions
also .wary,, in “this, respect, ,,, This. di as,to
st.
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Hence Dr. Russellpwith great probabilityj.attribytes,.
to
su
oF
remant oe sideroal time by: the observation of thie. “yt
some,othenstar-passing the meridian: across: tho,»
before jFigeine visited. Faye 4 Hie. says, oat
100,
year: .
of Cheops. was oy ollgenr
neatli the Wi ttom, of the; Pyramid, sut-.) i.oii 00!
rounde od! pte t,.to Which,.the, ptitiicle bas
Nile.’ SVEFe CONVEFLA| os p04
through’ ¢ 2 .aublerranenn,. funnel Aeoui haf
cham er Hat ie egntyg of, the, Byty oui or yiilipfe
nid: indeed, pees berths ana add bayfar
L dow appear to he OAD geliyor
of Cheops.’ It'is about 56 feet aboye; evades
the low- ter, soreh, of the Nila. -Th@ss.spys1
secpnd id. 3x2 a9 built, Herodotus, see be
ys, by, leant the.
brotherand Bucces son of Cheops 5, ADs il
the, ‘third’ hy, Mycerinus, vie 50R,,0f tout
heo nnihuealoeol fe
I. Lord’ idee Fan ani, Phase oft
sical
ing
; tho Egypt,
ost, Fe ten pokes to, have..t
been appointed with the apparent
size of the Pyramids at their first.apesn. -
: Speak of ny,qwn iMpress » 1.
rs) Twill not say. that they oosuiny ts
‘my: expectations, for L.do., oi 119i 2
Burp: '
not, know, that Thad, formed. any, Weryures oi buts)
detent a idea, of, the. appearance; 1, mbt
of si S.masseg Of, Mao ern an
pority nat hee wiew.s but I, can, truly
say | they quite equalled; any, Waguesis ot ormlaror
on J could have, formed of; them.» »
gre t -distance, the, effect.of seo
thepa may easily be imagined,,, Every i
Ley ,aye,tog; far OF forobe tiie fol ooo
ts near hem, toy, he, visible swith, whieh theleye
4, cont heir, size, every.one may-well judge
of the;
the 2 ap
sights them, iat ning, miles off, you- acknowledge:
Weil. hme
arialeronad
uainted, by models.a andva io henod woven
their, general ;forms,..i yuisitor voto
how. _ they us PPP aa, From the Niles opposite }
lta, from whence -you firstdatch |
P int. |, .Ner.is, t all. lessee
ath of -auilomg 5 tube thas: adjusted » oto the Propet: Wl
ey three inches makes all the difference in ithe
ye
pied
WA
5 .
maid
™!
i Traays oreo tar
S, onstructed. \ If. Sir; Gardner’s measures
eae
ait co ental
er fodi ae howytions which ,have. for, soi many. ages: 1
wolad nictyprobable by. ‘showing tists paobably.
ol doidur ui atewmtery vearly. timeoaftersthe con- «
io’ olleois} struction of the Pyramids, the mouths." 4
que so oles Of these. passages.wert carofully: eéal-
v fet of ton edbrmith nassive: smisonryy «Ife the.
stagqer e dnobjects of these dstronomjcal observa~! +
Jo soorottedtionstweteiin ary way connectedy.as 2:
Jeo tratedg byicnol.means unlikely; ewith the. |
fils 9 wi Vorsligiousirites: of thei Shepherd-Kingé.:«
Let tnoofEgypty who closdd the'templesiand'«}
discouraged the observations of! the =:
ot omblb ‘Egyptian mythology, iti¢tindetd ~
ia An, the highesti- degree probable that,
»w on theirestoration! of thd okl worship 1.
elunder! the) Phafachs, «all aécess:oto:«!
1 \iplaces built with such an object should; *
» ohaye been » carefiilly» prevented..i! Tt 4+}
~ scerhever¥~ clear jthat! the'Pyraniids: +
iiwere designed for several iother-purs «:!
‘poses bésides that of royal sepultures:)
uThat of-the-gnomen, for determining |
oithe bolstices, and! forgiving a! Beale
....0£ genorallmeasurement) dn which so
woimubhs has: been-written,! and with sev!
« much-leaming,-cannotibe dismissed +
vit from. consideration-y.nor edh one fails!
to be struck-with the reasoning in
that very, ingenious. little tract of Mr.
Ma sAgnew!s,: published i in .1840,.in which
be vif: shows-by diagram and calculation, .i)
yw bald: and. near, an approach.was.,.
ipe at ner he construction , of : these.
.4 duildings, towards .the quadrature of
; Bet » She,circle yi 2.0 of hloiewlt oe:
Trriioe oft i At all.events, ito seems,,strange. :
‘aianawth ) that, notwithstanding.all the specula- 4:
dows sessi cbeem maintained. by, philosophers: and ...
ptiquarians. as ito tho., history. anduintent. of the...
he.question-of fact as to the: measurements of sides...
danales nmi t on, this pvint,.ati least,...
ings, you, are Awell acqi b with; and
through, a. door ,of, the, chamber , where ..it.is.
th L allest, be,the carrect one, it admits.the.},
possibility the, sarcophagus. having. been: intro
d ect DY, levers, or screws, all; along. .the, passages,
a
Pyramids, almost; allianthorities arg.at. yariance.on i
th
a
i
if it did not.lpad at: vonce to the:trua solution, might...
revent much waste of. time. and.disputation on amr...
1 insuch!a-manner..as_ta,lesve no...
| probable theories, aud oughtisurely ta. be undertaken. .1
hin h
di
nd.
oubt.. -as to) the basis.onmwhich ali,-pasticularlyithe...
1 ;Anypotheses, must (
ich, for some, hours,;of, youn passage up.the: placed If, on the other hand,.three inches, or. ta,
Nile, you, shad been. om,the look-out. They shave) and a half be aide this. is 3 and.the
uch | ePpraranes from, the heights of the é mist, ‘it ay rs, have, been “deposited
Moerata om,.Old, Cairo, ; But, asoyou. near}here floor, harps it. stands P
em _on the fempins, of, the, ald.ieauseway,-youare |'ta the uU and all, the remaining, superstrucs
overcome with a sense of ‘heir exceeding bulk: ond
eet: alatals
: able-l
toutes a at 1
nd, of, stone, 150. Feet
12nd from which: the..siles..oft ‘the
‘above, the: sur}:
ae ot the Pyramid have becn afterwards .built
shrafis stasae pipe ae natty
a « Fate Golonel ‘Yyse, the merit is. ‘dueiof det
{<The ascent. of the.Great; Pyramidis accamplished *
ith) no.. difficulty. and-iittla Jabor. )..Fram the. Plats.i4 ia
and splendid ;.and, whether. with respect, .
spring, adds. Jauch to, their
appearance as you approach. theme At. thedetins
a nile or,so, you .hardly:; distinguishi. this -great
ending to the:horizon. behind it:
ithe, Pyramids, several times ; “the first
-d, Mountcharles, and his.fellow-travel-;
i or platform, from the. flat desert ofthe, same.
1
nw
form iat its.top, it.need.nat be said, that: the. view.is..
ek
t
th ti di uce..of the horizom all.round, the.:
5 yem-cizele, it fons, and, the mighty. range.of..,
toh HA
hese, were, designed for,xenti
lle Na
+ ad
the 7 real 3 fee of, the two, small, apertures. in the .
‘ ham)
torical associations it containg, unlike any, Which..,
ee bee ales op is outside
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by: vothey height, natural or, artificial,.in the, world
I diin eteo nite Big lo boos
>
tagubey os
© Various, jnseriptions;, principally: names of trava:.
lers svho hayg.been.bere,.are carved and.paivted
ne
that, gecasion we; were unable to proceed
reat,, Pyramid. further, than; nvhat i is ealled
which is the access between them. We had neg-
lected to provide ourselves with a ladder, which i is
necessary’ for those ;who ‘would’ motmt’ hence" int
’s, Chamber, which ris.at..the..endi of the}.
al passages and the inclined galleries, up}.
e eon bat tie.
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the, platform and. on the blocks .of| stone which...
eeind upon, it..: Among, aiber names is thatiof the.
Pp ti
eated ith these et nes... a
the first,and. auter ipasaige, ofthe
northern facesat.a ditti's.dess
ay,up, the, outeras.centy.
are, “}wo,huge, Jock sat |
other..in an; angle . of,
the four upper chambers! © Iwas therdford ob god |
Vileny te
U >
es, and, ‘Grins. avkind, of spwesic
cele euit ue
i] Vicomte, de Chateaubriand..., He, informs wus, in. his,
“Itinéraire,’, that, kaxing been, obliged ta leave Cairo, ;
on his return to France, without seeing the Pyras...
smids,.he. delegated, ta Dt... Caffe,, the Frenek eqnsul
there, tha following, commission 3-1 Je chargeai M...,
Gaffe d'éctite, mon, nom: sux ees grands,tomheaur,...
Lsclon Tusage, a, Ja, prémicre roceasion y. on, doit;
