A dictionary of the . placed ina stone sarcophagus, put into the mas-sive tomb, and the entrance closed. SeeSchaffs Bible Lands, p. 40. Near thepyramids is the great Sphinx, a massiveman-headed lion in a recumbent posture,nearly 190 feet long, with immense paws,formerly 50 feet in length. The vastfigure is buried in the sand, except hiscolossal head. There are also six othersmaller pyramids near the three heredescribed, three standing to the east ofthe Great Pyramid and three to thesouth of the third one. Southward ofthose at Gizeh are the pyramids atAboosir, and about 2 miles still fa
A dictionary of the . placed ina stone sarcophagus, put into the mas-sive tomb, and the entrance closed. SeeSchaffs Bible Lands, p. 40. Near thepyramids is the great Sphinx, a massiveman-headed lion in a recumbent posture,nearly 190 feet long, with immense paws,formerly 50 feet in length. The vastfigure is buried in the sand, except hiscolossal head. There are also six othersmaller pyramids near the three heredescribed, three standing to the east ofthe Great Pyramid and three to thesouth of the third one. Southward ofthose at Gizeh are the pyramids atAboosir, and about 2 miles still far-ther are those of Sakkara, while about5 miles beyond are those of Dashoor,two of which are built of stone and threeof brick. (b) Of the palaces, temples, and tomb-structures, the most remarkable is thefamous Labyrinth, in the Feiyoom dis-trict, which Bunsen calls the most gor-geous edifice on the globe; it includes12 palaces and 3000 saloons. The tem-ples at Karnak and Luxor are the mostinteresting, the grandest among them. Front of Temple at Aboo Simbel, Nubia. (Ajter Photographs.)
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