Egypt : handbook for travellers : part first, lower Egypt, with the Fayum and the peninsula of Sinai . om pleasant. The explorer has to crawl and clamber through low a nd narrow p which, at tally near the entrance, are not above o1 /-j ft. high and 4 ft. stones on the floor are often extremely slippery, and the el,smells strongl] Of hats-;-. Travellers who are in the i hi. I posed to apoplectic or fainting fits should Dot attempt to penetrateinto these stifling rv>-f For the ascent a single traveller usually tal e I, but three Suffice for two traveller . For a visit to the interior
Egypt : handbook for travellers : part first, lower Egypt, with the Fayum and the peninsula of Sinai . om pleasant. The explorer has to crawl and clamber through low a nd narrow p which, at tally near the entrance, are not above o1 /-j ft. high and 4 ft. stones on the floor are often extremely slippery, and the el,smells strongl] Of hats-;-. Travellers who are in the i hi. I posed to apoplectic or fainting fits should Dot attempt to penetrateinto these stifling rv>-f For the ascent a single traveller usually tal e I, but three Suffice for two traveller . For a visit to the interior each traveller is accompanied by one guide. The customary fee for the whole expeditionfr. for traveller, whether he has been attended by one. two,or three guides. The Beduin an never contented with thit sum, butis ample. The traveller, however, if ie i oitional gratuity of L-2 silver piastre to each of his guides. <ln no account should any payment be mad. to anj of Hem Un- t The temperature of the interior is 79 ! : D Chambers, the same as tie I of the outer air in the neighbourhood. !». TT of Cairo. THE PYRAMIDS OF GIZEH. 4. Route. 355 til the termination of the expedition. One guide of course suffices for avisit to the other objects of interest, the fee for which is 1-2 fr. ac-cording to the time occupied. The **Great Pyramid is called by the Egyptians Khufu Khut the glorious throneKhufu. The length of each side (PI. A A) is now 750 ft., but was formerly(PI. BB) about 768 ft.; the present perpendicular height (PI. E G) is 451 ft.,while originally (PI. EE), including the nucleus of rock (PI. FF)at the bottom, and the apex (PI. CE), which has now disappeared,it is said to have been 482ft. The height of each sloping side {AC) isnow 568 ft., and was formerly (PI. B E) 610 ft. The angle at which thesides rise is 51° 50. The cubic content of the masonry, deducting thefoundation of rock in the interior, as well as the hollow chambers,was formerly no less than 3,277,000 c
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