Trans. N. V. Ac. Scz. 116 Apr. 23, 



4. The "Great" of the Jeezeh group, at elevation of Kgs. ch. 2136 B. C 



5. The Southern of Dashoor 2 1 1 3 B.C. 



6. The Pyramid of Mycerenus, 3d Jeezeh 2090 B. C. 



7. The Stepped Pyramid, Sakkarah 2010 B. C. 



The last named had already been attributed by ablest Egyptologists, 



to the 5th dynasty ; and in regard to the third in the list, it had already 

 been assigned to Cheops by Bunsen, and the fourth, the " Great," to 

 his successor Shafre, or Cephren, this being the hieroglyphic name of 

 the pyramid of this monarch. It would seem, then, that the so-called 

 " first " or " Great Pyramid " on the Jeezeh hill, was really the second, 

 and it hardly seems probable, if it really was the first, that it 

 would have been nearly pushed off the hill, when the whole situation 

 was yet clear. The chalk marks, names of Shofo (Cheops) and 

 Nu-Shofo, on some of the stones of the Great Pyramid, in places where 

 it was never intended they should be seen, are of no value as deter- 

 mining that either of these kings built the pyramid ; they were merely 

 scribblings of the workmen. The lecturer showed that the builders of 

 the pyramids had tube-drills and saws, charged probably with beryls, for 

 cutting basalt, syenyte and dioryte ; and that the testimony of the monu- 

 ments, as interpreted by Mariette, Maspero, Brugsch and other scholars, 

 contradicted the statements of Herodotus and proved that, so far from 

 being a degraded people, tyrannized over by despotic monarchs, they 

 were a highly intelligent and happy people, well governed, and with a 

 comparatively pure and simple religious belief. 



At the conclusion of the lecture, Dr. B. N. Martin moved a 

 vote of thai:iks to the lecturer, which was carried unanimously. 



April 23, 1883. 

 Lecture Evening. 



The President, Dr. J. S. Newberry, in the Chair. 



The large hall was rilled by an audience to listen to the lecture 

 of Chevalier Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg, postponed from March 

 19, on the subject of 



southern EGYPT AND THE COUNTRIES OF THE FALSE PROPHET. 



The lecture was illustrated by a large map and many photo- 

 graphs, and at its close a vote of thanks was passed to Chevalier 

 VON Hesse- Wartegg for his instructive and pleasantly delivered 

 lecture. 



