. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . alabaster statue op khephren.*. 374 THE MEMPniTE EMPIRE. hollowed in the rock, but surmounted by a pointed roof of fine limestone sarcophagus was of granite, and, like that of Kheops, bore neither the nameof a king nor the representation of a god. The cover was fitted so firmly tothe trough that the Arabs could not succeed in detaching it whenthey rifled the tomb in the year 1200 of our era ; they were,/ iNt1 T^) therefore, compelled to break through one of the sides with a * %T \ nammer before they could reach the coffin and take from
. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . alabaster statue op khephren.*. 374 THE MEMPniTE EMPIRE. hollowed in the rock, but surmounted by a pointed roof of fine limestone sarcophagus was of granite, and, like that of Kheops, bore neither the nameof a king nor the representation of a god. The cover was fitted so firmly tothe trough that the Arabs could not succeed in detaching it whenthey rifled the tomb in the year 1200 of our era ; they were,/ iNt1 T^) therefore, compelled to break through one of the sides with a * %T \ nammer before they could reach the coffin and take from itthe mummy of the Of Khephrens sons, Menkaûrî(Mykerinos), who was his successor, could scarcelydream of excelling his father and grandfather;2his pyramid, the Supreme—Him3—barelyattained an elevation of 216 feet, and wasexceeded in height by those which werebuilt at a later Up to one-fourthof its height it was faced with syenite,and the remainder, up to the summit,with For lack of time,doubtless, the dressing of the granitewas not complete
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