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WONDERS OF ART. 
V I'YRAAIIDS OF EGYPT 
. tl)g these stupendous monuments, equally famous 
J tliQ^^^'^ti'nity of their size, and tlieir remote antiquity, 
Jtlij b called from a village of that name 
•tr- Nile, distant from them about eleven 
ujtts ‘® three which most attract the attention of tra- 
near one another on the west side of the river, 
■ g°Pp°site to Grand Cairo, and not far from the site 
« Memphis. When viewed from a distance, 
■i 1 horizon, they display the fine transparent 
derive from the ratified air by which tliey are sur- 
f Savary having approached to within three 
them, in the night time, while the full moon 
C’ ttpott them, describes them as appearing to 
this particular aspect, like two points of rock 
a ) clouds. On a nearer approach, their 
k angular forms disguise their real height, and 
v'^Sula,°- ! independently of which, as whatever 
i''-**t's great or small by comparison, and as these 
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' at eclipse in magnitude every surrounding 
inferior to a mountain, 
s'". ^ ®‘one the imagination can successfully compare 
degree of surprise is excited on finding the first 
vv '"Wi ^"'°duced by a distant view so much diminished 
tiear to them. On attempting, however, to 
V"*'' these gigantic works of art by some 
W 'Hi,,jd determinate scale, it resumes its immensity to 
drawing near to the opening, tlie 
■j^ 6 |y stand beneath it appear so small that they can 
'*1 " baL^''^.®“ tnen. 
pi the great pyramid of Cheops, or Cheospes, 
V digypt, is estimated by Denon at 
C )• '®d and twenty feet, audits height at four hun- 
feet, calculating the base by the mean 
Q.- tile length of the stones, and the height by 
d^at of each of the steps or stages. Its con* 
