Погребённый с фараонами
Chapter 1
Then,too,itwasIaskedmyselfinidlequestionwhosehideoussignificancewasnottoappearformanyanhour.
Othertouristsnowbegantoovertakeus,andwemovedontothesand-chokedTempleoftheSphinx, fiftyyardstothesoutheast,whichIhavepreviouslymentionedasthegreatgateofthecausewaytotheSecondPyramid’smortuarychapelontheplateau. Mostofitwasstillunderground,andalthoughwedismountedanddescendedthroughamodernpassagewaytoitsalabastercorridorandpillaredhall, IfeltthatAbdulandthelocalGermanattendanthadnotshownusalltherewastosee.
Afterthiswemadetheconventionalcircuitofthepyramidplateau,examiningtheSecondPyramidandthepeculiarruinsofitsmortuarychapeltotheeast, theThirdPyramidanditsminiaturesouthernsatellitesandruinedeasternchapel, therocktombsandthehoneycombingsoftheFourthandFifthdynasties, andthefamousCampbell’sTombwhoseshadowyshaftsinksprecipitouslyforfifty-threefeettoasinistersarcophagus whichoneofourcameldriversdivestedofthecumberingsandafteravertiginousdescentbyrope.
CriesnowassailedusfromtheGreatPyramid,whereBedouinswerebesiegingapartyoftouristswithoffersofspeedintheperformanceofsolitarytripsupanddown. Sevenminutesissaidtobetherecordforsuchanascentanddescent,butmanylustysheiksandsonsofsheiksassuredustheycouldcutittofiveifgiventherequisiteimpetusofliberalbaksheesh.
