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CHAP. lY. 
HELIOPOLIS, AND THE PYRAMIDS OF DJIZA. 
Passage along the Canal — Visit to Heliopolis — Mat area 
— Pillar o/On — Style of the Hieroglyphics — -Intel- 
ligence concerning them — their Archetypes — Crux 
ansata — its meaning explained — Of the Hieralpha and 
the Testudo — Other Symbols — Kircher — History of the 
Obelisk — Minerals of the Arabian Desert — Doubtful 
Origin of Egyptian Jasper — Petrifactio7is — Dates and 
Corn — Almehs — Of the Alleluia, and cry of lamenta- 
tion — Voyage to the Pyramids — Appearance presented 
by the principal Pyramid — Objects seen from the 
summit — Nature of the Limestone used in its con- 
struction — Extraneous Fossil described by Strabo — 
Mortar — Labours of the French Army — Theft com- 
mitted by an Arab — Visit to the interior cf the larger 
Pyramid — Notions entertained of its violation — Its 
passages — Observation at the Well — Examination of 
some inferior Channels — Chamber of the Sepulchre — 
The Soros — its demolition attempted— The Sphinx — 
its 
