:v^0 PYRAMIDS OF DJIZA. 
CHAP, this pyramid. It is surrounded by a paved 
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court, having walls on the outside, and places 
as for doors, or portals, in the walls ; also an 
advanced work, or portico. A third pyramid, 
of much smaller dimensions than the second, 
appears beyond the Sphinx, to the south-west ; 
and there are three others, one of which is 
nearly buried in sand, between the large pyra- 
mid and this statue, to the south-east ^ 
Having thus surveyed the principal objects, 
as they appeared from the summit of the greater 
pyramid, we proceeded to the examination of 
the substances which composed its exterior 
surface. 
Limestone The stoncs of the platform upon the top, as 
construct- wcll as most of the others used in constructing 
grfatVr^ ^^c dccrcasiug ranges from the base upwards, 
Pyramid. 
B.C. 720. D(cdnlus\i statues of Hercules and T'enus were of wood ; of 
which, or of rough stone, were likewise their idols and temples, till 
that time. The antient Temi)lo of /Jc/y*/;* was built about the 65th 
Olympiad, B.C. 520, or 513 years alter the Temple of Solomon." See 
Shaw's Trav. p. 368. Note 5. Land. 1757. 
(l) In mentioning these particulars, the author may possibly repeat 
what other travellers have said before, without being conscious of so 
doing : indeed, it is hardly possible to avoid repetition, upon a subject 
which has been discussed by thousands, although the utmost vigilance 
be used. 
