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by the Moderns ; and of the Cheft which is placed in theupper- 

 moft of them. An Arahian Hiftorian' acquaints us, that this 

 Tyramid was opened, only about nine hindred Years ago, by 

 Almamon, the Calif oi Babylon \ and that "they found in 

 " it, towards the Top, a Chamber, with an hollow Stone, in 

 " which there was a Statue like a Man, and within it a Man, 

 '^ upon whom was aBreaft-Plate of Gold, fet with Jewels ; upon 

 " this Breaft-Plate was a Sword of ineftimable Price, and at 

 " his Head a Carbuncle of the Bignefs of an Egg, ihining like 

 " the Light of the Day, and upon him were Chara6lers writ 

 " with a Pen, which no Man underftood ". But this, it may 

 be prefumed, is of the fame Authority, with what he obferves 

 in another Place, "That he who built the Tyramids , was 

 '^ Saurid tbn Salhouk, the King of Egypt, who was before the 

 ''Flood ^00 Years". But letting alone thefe furprizing Ac- 

 counts, it is remarkable, that the Cheft, in ftriking it, gives the 

 fameMullcalNote,(£-/<i-wi, if I miftake not,) with the Chamber ; 

 and thereby may be fuppofed to havefimilarDimenfions : though, 

 by Menfuration, our accurate Profeflbr ' found their refpetlive 

 Proportions to be different. We are to obferve further, that 

 this Cheft is fixed fo ftrongly in the Floor, that a Number of 

 Perfons were not able to move it; being fituated, (perhaps not 

 without a Myftery,) in the fame Diredion, with the Mouth 

 of the Tyramid, diredtly to the Northward ; a Pofition, that 

 was likewife given to the Doors of other Egyptian Edifices '. 



Befides what hath been already mentioned with Regard to Thev are 

 the Sphinx, we are to take Notice, that {in July, 171 1.) th.Q ti'eHe'ldZd 

 Sands were accumulated to that Degree round about it, thatsphini''* 

 we could but juft diicover the Ridge of the Spine ; at the End 

 of which, juft over the Rump, there was a fquare Hole, about 

 four Foot long, and two broad. But this was fo clofely filled 

 up with Sand, that we could not lay it open enough to obferve, 



I Ibn Aba ^Ihokpi, as he is recorded by Mr. Greaves in his Pyramidograph'ia. 2 The cx- 

 teriour luperficies of this Tomb contains in Length, feven Feet three Inches and an half. 

 In Depth it is three Feet, three Inches, and three Quarters, and is the fame in Breadth. 

 The hollow Part within is in Length on the W. Side, 6 Feet and \^. In Breadth, at the 

 N. End 2 Feet and ^. The Depth is 2 Feet and ||^ Parts of the Εη^Ιϊβ} Foot. The 

 Length of the Chamber on the S. Side is 34 Feet and ||^. The Breadth is 17 Feet and 

 \^. Tlie Height is ipi Feet. Vid. Pyramid, ut fupra. 3 Moip/ov /«' άπ/^ξαδ^ μναμΐηνα, τ5 

 H^aii» TO Ό&ί BOPEHN ανίμ»γ τίτξϋμμίνΛ <BtS7niKtu&. fjerod. Eut. ?. ΙΟΙ. Τ» jS J\)a/iiitt fjH> ^<" avhai 

 χΛ7Β?ί>οι, άντί'Μίλοι άλλί)λΗΐ7/• 'ίξ fj^ ΐΒζβί ΕΟΡΕΛ, ί| 3 «ruV νό-πν Τίίξαμμίνβυι ovnyiii. Hcrod. ibid, de La- 

 byrintho ?. 148. In this Situation likewife l\\Q Table {of Shew- Bread) was placed in the 

 Tabernacle. Exod. 40. 22. 



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