Peter Parley's common school history Illustrated by engravings . jects to dig a greatlake, forty-five miles in circumference, and almost as deep as theocean. Another king constructed a labyrinth of marble, containingthree thousand chambers, fifteen hundred of which were underground. 5. In the upper chambers of this labyrinth were kept the sacredcrocodiles, and all the other animals which the Egyptians worship-ped. In the subterranean chambers lay the dead kings of Egypt. 6. The catacombs are likewise very wonderful. They are gallerieshewn out of the rock, and extend a great way beneath the gro
Peter Parley's common school history Illustrated by engravings . jects to dig a greatlake, forty-five miles in circumference, and almost as deep as theocean. Another king constructed a labyrinth of marble, containingthree thousand chambers, fifteen hundred of which were underground. 5. In the upper chambers of this labyrinth were kept the sacredcrocodiles, and all the other animals which the Egyptians worship-ped. In the subterranean chambers lay the dead kings of Egypt. 6. The catacombs are likewise very wonderful. They are gallerieshewn out of the rock, and extend a great way beneath the dead bodies of persons who died thousands of years ago arefound in these catacombs, and they are nearly as well preserved nowas when they were first buried. These are called mummies; andsome, supposed to be three thousand years old, have been brought tothis country. 7. Every body has heard of the pyramids of Egypt. These immenseedifices are still standing on the banks of the Nile. The largest isfive hundred feet high, and covers eleven acres of 8. The pyramids are so old that it is impossible to tell when theywere erected, or by whom. It is generally supposed that the ancientkings of Egypt intended them as^heir sepulchres, thinking that thusthey should be famous for ever. But though the pyramids have notdecayed, the names of those kings are forgotten. 9. On a plain near Thebes are two enormous stone statues, some- what about the population of Thebes? 3. Who destroyed Thebes? Remains? Pil-lars ? 4. Describe the works of some of the Icings. What of the labyrinth ? 5. Whatwere kept in, the labyrinth ? 6. Describe the catacombs. What are mummies ? 8. Whatof the pyramids ? What was the probable cause of their erection ? EGYPT. 75 what like a man and woman. These are fifty feet high. No onecan look upon them but with wonder. 10. The sphynx is one of the most curious among the Egyptianantiquities. It was originally the gigantic head of a woman, on thebody of a lion; b
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