Egypt : handbook for travellers : part first, lower Egypt, with the Fayum and the peninsula of Sinai . csfound here and numerous treasures collected by Minutoli, were un-fortunately lost at the mouth of the Elbe. The door of the step-pyramid with its architrave of white limestone covered with hiero-glyphics, and the door-posts formed of somewhat rough blocks oilimestone and green glazed bricks, were removed by Lepsius inL845 to the museum at Berlin. —This pyramid must have beenused for different purposes from the great pyramids of Gizeh , butthe scanty inscriptions found here afford no informa
Egypt : handbook for travellers : part first, lower Egypt, with the Fayum and the peninsula of Sinai . csfound here and numerous treasures collected by Minutoli, were un-fortunately lost at the mouth of the Elbe. The door of the step-pyramid with its architrave of white limestone covered with hiero-glyphics, and the door-posts formed of somewhat rough blocks oilimestone and green glazed bricks, were removed by Lepsius inL845 to the museum at Berlin. —This pyramid must have beenused for different purposes from the great pyramids of Gizeh , butthe scanty inscriptions found here afford no information on thei. At one point on the S. side, where the outer masonryhas been destroyed, the jointing of the stones may be material used is an inferior clayey kind of limestone quarriedneighbourhood. The pyramid may be ascended withoutdanger, but on no account without the help of the Beduins,as the surface is crumbling and treacherous. (On one occasion,during the period of the inundation, M. Mariette met with atroop of wild boars on the third step.) The view from the sum- .-Jr?&:4. Step Pyramid oF S a k k a. r a .(SoiLlh Easl WtyliJ.*.*£* .
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