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

 moft of them. An Arabian Hiftorian' acquaints us^ that this 

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

 u^lmamon, 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 w horn 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, fliining like 

 the Light of the Day, and upon him were Characters 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 ^ w^as 

 " Sanrid tbn Salhouh, the King of Eg)'pt, who was before the 

 "Flood 300 Years", But letting alone thefe furprizing Ac- 

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

 fameMulical Note,(£-/^-wi, if I miftake not,) with the Chamber ; 

 and thereby may be fuppofed to have fimilar Dimenfions : though, 

 by Menfuration, our accurate Profellbr ' found their refpedive 

 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 lituated, (perhaps not 

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

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

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



Befides what hath been already mentioned with Regard to There are 

 the Sphinx, we are to take Notice, that {injuly, 171 1.) thttklneadZd 

 Sands were accumulated to that Degree round about it, thatsphmxf^^ 

 we could but juft difcover 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, 



1 Van Abd yillwktn, as he is recorded by Mr. Greaves in his Pjramidographia. 2 The ex- 

 teriour fuperficies of this Tomb conrains 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 fi^. The Depth is 2 Feet and ||^ Parts of the Englijh Foot. The 

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

 l|^. The Height is 19I Feet. Vid. Pyramid, ut fupra. 3 Mo/p/oy Ji ^Ji^aSK, (ivn^nva, n 

 H?aif» 7« wejf BOPEHN ah^v •nitay-idva -B^TiLhtuit.. Herod. Eut. 5-IOI. 1%^ JhaJ^Ka /j^ aai duKai 

 xnTu^yoi, a.-iTi'Trjh.Di etWkwAiior/- "i^ f^ ^{ BOPEH, «| j <at}s votbv TiTfdfjLiiiveu aunyka. Herod. ibid, de La- 

 byrintho ^. 148. In this Situation likewife the Table (of Slmu-Sread) was placed in the 

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