PYRAMIDS OF DJIZA. I95 
filled in Grecian temples, were, as we find in chap. 
certain instances, left void. 
After once more regaining the passage whence chamber 
these ducts diverge, we examined a chamber sepulchre. 
at the end of it, mentioned by all who have 
described the interior of this building. Its roof 
is angular; that is to say, it is formed by the 
inclination of large masses of stone leaning 
toward each other, like the appearance pre- 
sented by those masses which are above the 
entrance to the pyramid. Then quitting the pas- 
sage altogether, we climbed the slippery and 
difficult ascent which leads to what is called the 
principal chamber. The workmanship, from its 
perfection, and its immense proportions, is truly 
astonishing. All around the spectator, as he 
proceeds, is full of majesty, of mystery, and of 
wonder. The materials of this gallery are said 
by Greaves to consist of white and polished 
marhle\ This we did not observe. Pococ^e also 
mentions pilastres in an anticloset before the 
principal chamber'; circumstances which are 
inconsistent with received opinions respecting 
(1) Pyraraidographia, p. 90. Land, 1646. 
(2) Description of the East, vol. I. p. 45. /^wrf. 1743. 
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