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MODE OP COMPUTING 



[Ch. XVIII. 



more than 13,000 years old, or was deposited 13,496 years 

 before the year 1850, when the boring was made. 



The date of the reign of Eameses has been a matter of 

 discussion ; but even if antiquaries should differ by a few 



Pig. 30 

 Pedestal 



Nile Mud 



Nile 



Mud 



Desert Sand 



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Section to explain the thickness of Nile mnd on the site of the pedestal of • 



the statue of Eameses at Memphis. 



a b. Supposed level of the great Plain when the foundation 



of the pedestal was laid. 

 c. Level of lowest part of foundation of pedestal. 

 d e. Thickness of mud accumulated since the erection of 



the pedestal. 

 / g. Shaft, 16 ft. deep, sunk near the pedestal. 

 g k. Boring carried down 14 ft. below the bottom of the 



shaft to the junction of the Nile mud with the 

 underlying desert sand. 

 i h. Mounds thrown up to protect the area of the Temple 



from the inundations of the Nile. 

 I, m. Present level of the alluvial plain of the Nile. 



centuries, the era fixed by Lepsius may be taken as a suffi- 

 cient approximation to the truth to be available for the object 



here proposed. 



To this mode of computation 



it was objected by Mr 



Samuel Sharpe, that the Egyptians were in 



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