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 LOOKING DOWN TIIK MAIN PASSAGE LEADING TO KHUI^u'S Sl^PULCHl^R WITHIN THE) 



GRKAT PYRAMID 



Right in the heart of the Great Pyramid was the sepulchral chamher of Khufu (Cheops), 

 approaclied by this gloomy passage. It is 175 feet long and 28 feet high, but only 7 feet in 

 width. The four natives with candles give some idea of its length and gloom, the last 

 candle showmg as a mere spot of light glimmering in the distance. Notice the perfection 

 v/ith which the stones join each other, especially at the right of the picture. Some of these 

 b^.ocks, weighmg many tons, are set together with a contact of one five-hundreths of an inch, 

 XI refinement of the mason's art which is seldom or never equaled in our own day. 



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