. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . ng, was copied by Benédite fouryears ago ; it is the most ancient of all the Egyptian historical inscriptions. 5 The stele of Sehél has enabled us to verify the fact that the preamble [a string of titles] to theinscription of the king, buried in the Step-Pyramid, is identical with that of King Zosiri : it was,therefore, Zosiri who constructed, or arranged for the construction of this monument as his tomb(Brugsch, Der Konig Diser, in the Zeitschrift, vol. xxviii. pp. 110, 111). The Step-Pyramid ofSaqqâra was opened in 1819, at the expense of the
. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . ng, was copied by Benédite fouryears ago ; it is the most ancient of all the Egyptian historical inscriptions. 5 The stele of Sehél has enabled us to verify the fact that the preamble [a string of titles] to theinscription of the king, buried in the Step-Pyramid, is identical with that of King Zosiri : it was,therefore, Zosiri who constructed, or arranged for the construction of this monument as his tomb(Brugsch, Der Konig Diser, in the Zeitschrift, vol. xxviii. pp. 110, 111). The Step-Pyramid ofSaqqâra was opened in 1819, at the expense of the Prussian General Minutoli, who was the first to THE STEP-PYEAMID OF SAQQAEA. 243 rectangular mass, incorrectly orientated, with a variation from the true northof 4° 35, 393 ft. 8 in. long from east to west, and 352 ft. deep, with aheight of 159 ft. 9 in. It is composed of six cubes, with sloping sides,each being about 13 ft. less in width than the one below it; that nearestto the ground measures 37 ft. 8 in. in height, and the uppermost one. liâinHUiiimitiiiiualiûàiUàkUAiàkii■ m il»iàiâàiiiiiââiii*iâiiHMiâiiÉiii«\iài i*jljifJtJj^ ~-j • ■ Jiii4i****4 1*4 i * lu,»*, dÀâ&jiiàâiiiiiiàiti:ââM • ij||itfl ûiH r i d 11 i ta rfe-s iâiijjiii 4id«^kîdficli|HiiâéHihmittiUiêBiluuimûMM
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