. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. 1843.] THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. 357 casing stones have been removed. In the second pyramid a part of the casing yet remains. In these it is impossible to see the interior construction of the stone work. But some of the small ruined pyra- mids at Gizeh consist of several steps, each of several courses of stone- work in height, instead of the usual form of four sides regularly con- verging to an apex; and in the more ruined parts of these pyramids it is seen
. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. 1843.] THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. 357 casing stones have been removed. In the second pyramid a part of the casing yet remains. In these it is impossible to see the interior construction of the stone work. But some of the small ruined pyra- mids at Gizeh consist of several steps, each of several courses of stone- work in height, instead of the usual form of four sides regularly con- verging to an apex; and in the more ruined parts of these pyramids it is seen that the steps are formed by walls built against each other, as shown by the dotted lines in the following The masonry of the pyramids of Abousir and Saccara is very in- ferior to that of the pyramids of Gizeh—in all of these the step con- struction is clearly seen, and also that the steps are separate walls built against each other. The pyramid at Merdoon, again, exhibits this mode of construction. In its present form it rather resembles a huge square tower, the walls of which are slightly inclined, than a pyramid : the outer layers having been mostly removed, the core or central part is left standing alone. In short, in the examination of a great number of pyramids, from Gizeh to the Fayoom, the same mode of construction was found. To explain a mode of building apparently so contrary to sound ma- sonry, we must suppose a chamber a for the tomb, in or under the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original London : [William Laxton]
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