. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . funereal temple (Tlie Pyramids and Temples of Gîzeh, pp. 134,135). 5 Thus Khomtini (Lepsius, Denlcm., ii. 26), Prince Mirabû (id., 22, c), Khûfûi-ka-iriû (Lepsius,Denlcm., ii. 17 d; cf. E. de Rougé, Recherches sur les monuments quon peut rapporter aux six premièresdynasties, p. 50), who was superintendent of the whole district in which the pyramid was built. ,; E. de Kougé, Recherches sur les monuments quon peut attribuer aux six premières dynasties, p. According to the arrangement proposed by E. de Rouge (Recherches sur les monuments, p. 1
. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . funereal temple (Tlie Pyramids and Temples of Gîzeh, pp. 134,135). 5 Thus Khomtini (Lepsius, Denlcm., ii. 26), Prince Mirabû (id., 22, c), Khûfûi-ka-iriû (Lepsius,Denlcm., ii. 17 d; cf. E. de Rougé, Recherches sur les monuments quon peut rapporter aux six premièresdynasties, p. 50), who was superintendent of the whole district in which the pyramid was built. ,; E. de Kougé, Recherches sur les monuments quon peut attribuer aux six premières dynasties, p. According to the arrangement proposed by E. de Rouge (Recherches sur les monuments, p. 15G, THE PYRAMID OF KHEPHREN. 371 but Khephren, the next son who succeeded to the throne,1 erected temples2 anda gigantic pyramid, like his father. He placed it some 394 feet to the south-westof that of Klieops ;3 and called it Ûîrû,4 the Great. It is, however, smaller thanits neighbour, and attains a height of only 443 feet,5but at a distance the differencein height disappears, and many travellers have thus been led to attribute the. THE NAME OF KHEOPS DRAWN IN RED ON SEVERAL BLOCKS OF THE GREAT same elevation to the two. The facing, of which about one-fourth exists fromthe summit downwards, is of nummulite limestone, compact, hard, and morehomogeneous than that of the courses, with rusty patches here and there dueto masses of a reddish lichen, but grey elsewhere, and with a low polish which,at a distance, reflects the suns Thick walls of unwrought stone enclose note 2) for the fragments of the Turin Canon. E. de Rougé reads the name Eâ-tot-ef, and proposesto identify it with the Ratoisos of the lists of Manetho, which the copyists had erroneously put outof its proper place (ibid., pp. 52-54). This identification has been generally accepted (Wiedemann,sEgyptische Geschichte, p. 186). Analogy compels us to read Dadûfrî, like Khâfrî, Menkaurî, inwhich case the hypothesis of de Rougé falls to the ground. The worship of Dadufrî wasrenewed towar
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