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| Keywords: The Entrance to Great Pyramid by Boston Public Library.jpg Scrapbook page containing one annotated photograph of a man standing in front of the entrance to the Cheops Pyramid in Egypt The page includes a sketch of Cheops s name in hieroglyphics which is painted in the interior of the pyramid Subjects Egypt travel photography pyramids tombs Jīzah Ahrāmāt al- Page size 33 x 38 1 cm Annotations The entrance to this pyramid as to all others is on the north side and is about 45 feet above the ground A One descends first as far as D where was a granite door so hard that plundering Arabs were forced to cut a new way through the limestone round it This passage is only a trifle over 3 ft high From this point the visitor ascends to the Great Hall with its wonderful masonry with its marvelous jointing and polish so perfect that neither a needle nor a hair can be inserted between the joints Passing through an Antechamber one comes to the Kings Chamber J This chamber has for a roof nine enormous slabs of granite 18 ½ ft long it contains nothing now but the broken lidless sarcophagus of Cheops Its floor is 140 ft above ground Above the Kings Chamber are five hollow chambers On the stones of one of them O was found in red paint the name of Kufu Cheops - Below the Kings Chamber is the Queens Chamber with its wonderful pointed roof- Name of Cheops in red in the interior of the Pyramid- Lepsius Language English photograph has French title Rights No known restrictions Coverage Egypt Notes Title supplied by cataloger derived from captions or annotated information Letters mentioned in annotation correspond with a diagram on the following page Format Scrapbooks Technique Photographs Albumen prints BPL Department Print Department Photo 1 Photographer G Lékégian Cie Title Entrée de la Pyramide No 14 Caption The Entrance to Great Pyramid Date ca 1865-1895 Flickr data on 2011-08-03 Camera Sinar AG Sinarback 54 FW Sinar m License CC BY 2 0 User Boston Public Library BPL Flickr http //flickr com/photos/24029425 N06/2469130012 The Entrance to Great Pyramid December 21 1892 March 8 1893 Flickr upload date 2008-05-01 17 11 19 William Vaughn Tupper Flickr uploader http //www flickr com/people/24029425 N06 BPL User Flickr upload bot/upload 14 49 3 August 2011 UTC Fæ CC BY 2 0 PD-old-100 Historical images of Great Pyramid 1890s Tupper Scrapbooks volume 26 Lower Egypt G Lekegian Entrance of the Great Pyramid of Giza 1890s Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
