. The builders of the pyramid; the story of Shelby County: its resources and developments . side of the pyramid a portico is placed. Not less in Egypt than inGreece did the architects lavish their taste upon porticos; witnessthose of Deuderah, Esne, and Edfou, which are among the mostdistinguished of ancient Egyptian architecture. The porticos onthe pyramid are regarded as its chief architectural feature and thesovereign objects of the whole building. The interior of the pyramid has a floor space of 83x83 feet,with an altitude of 50 feet. The ceiling is coved. From the centerof the floor rises
. The builders of the pyramid; the story of Shelby County: its resources and developments . side of the pyramid a portico is placed. Not less in Egypt than inGreece did the architects lavish their taste upon porticos; witnessthose of Deuderah, Esne, and Edfou, which are among the mostdistinguished of ancient Egyptian architecture. The porticos onthe pyramid are regarded as its chief architectural feature and thesovereign objects of the whole building. The interior of the pyramid has a floor space of 83x83 feet,with an altitude of 50 feet. The ceiling is coved. From the centerof the floor rises a column 50 feet high, 6 feet in diameter, taperingto 5 feet at the neck, the whole surmounted with an enriched structure appears to be built of stone. The coloring and sym-bolical designs are in strict accord with the Egyptian original, en-deavoring as far as possible to make the building, as it appears on 87 the Centennial grounds, an object lesson in Egyptian art and arch-itecture. As located it is supposed to be in exactly the same orien-tation as its original in SYMBOLIC CAKVING TAKEN FROM THE GREAT CENTRAL COLUMN. EGYPTOLOGY. The habitable land of Egypt is a narrow strip a few miles wide,extending from the Nile to the desert. About one hundred milesup the river is Cairo, and close to it is Memphis, the old capital ofEgypt and the great pyramid Gizeh, Cheops. Next to Cheops isChepheren and beyond lies the third and smallest, these, in the Necropolis of Memphis there are sixty ormore smaller ones ; but for this history we will confine ourselves tothe three pyramids of Gizeh, as the most remarkable and bestknown of the pyramids of Egypt. The dimensions of these as given by Ferguson in his Historyof Architecture are : Square of Base. Height. Cheops 764 feet. 480 feet. Chepheren 704 454 Mycerinus 354 218 The area of the Great Pyramid covers more than thirteen acresand is more than twice the extent of any other building in the world. All t
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