Egypt : handbook for travellers : part first, lower Egypt, with the Fayum and the peninsula of Sinai . t, 10 ft. inlength, finally leads thence to the Tomb Chamber (PI. i), which is bj farthe must interesting of all those yet discovered within the pyramids. Itis paved with Mocks of granite , 2>/2 ft. in thickness , and its ceiling isarched in the English Gothic form. The arch has been formed b\ plac-ing the stones against each other at an angle so as to resemble a roof,and then hollowing them out on the inside. The sarcophagus of Men-kaura was found here by Col. Vyse in a good state of pres
Egypt : handbook for travellers : part first, lower Egypt, with the Fayum and the peninsula of Sinai . t, 10 ft. inlength, finally leads thence to the Tomb Chamber (PI. i), which is bj farthe must interesting of all those yet discovered within the pyramids. Itis paved with Mocks of granite , 2>/2 ft. in thickness , and its ceiling isarched in the English Gothic form. The arch has been formed b\ plac-ing the stones against each other at an angle so as to resemble a roof,and then hollowing them out on the inside. The sarcophagus of Men-kaura was found here by Col. Vyse in a good state of preservation. Itwas externally 2 ft. 7 in. high, 8ft. long, and A ft. wide. The lid wasgone, but its remains were found in the chamber c, and beside them theupper part of the wooden coffin, which, as the inscription on it recorded,once contained the body of Menkaura. The finely executed sarcophaguswas composed of brown basalt, showing a bine tint where broken. Thevessel in which it was being conveyed to England was unfortunately lostoff Carthagena in the S. of Spain, but drawings of the precious relic. A A-teSG :A B-<2« F BB. Present perpendicular height of the Third Pyramid , 204 ft. — B C. Former perpendicular height, 219 ft. — A A. Side of base, 3561/2 ft. — ABA Sloping sides, each 2523/4 ft. — A (A. Original sides, each 2793A ft. — Angles at A A, 51°. have been preserved. The inscription on the wooden lid, now preservedin the British Museum, runs as follows: — Osiric King Men-kau-ra o cia UUU ^ ever-living, who art descended from heaven, who wast borne under the heart of Nut, and heir of the sun. Thy motherNut spreads herself over thee in her name, winch is the mystery otheaven. She has granted thee to be like a god. annihilating thy ene-mies, King Menkaura, ever-living!1 Herodotus is. therefore, doubtlessright in stating that Mykerinos (Menkaura] was the builder ..I the rhirdPyramid, though mentions Queen Nitokria ol the 6th Dynasty(p. 87) a
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