Похований з фараонами

Chapter 1

           Thegreatestpyramid,whichliesnearestthemodernroad, wasbuiltbyKingCheopsorKhufuabout2800B.C., andstandsmorethan450feetinperpendicularheight. InalinesouthwestfromthisaresuccessivelytheSecondPyramid,builtagenerationlaterbyKingKhephren,andthoughslightlysmaller,lookingevenlargerbecausesetonhigherground,andtheradicallysmallerThirdPyramidofKingMycerinus,builtabout2700B.C.NeartheedgeoftheplateauanddueeastoftheSecondPyramid, withafaceprobablyalteredtoformacolossalportraitofKhephren,itsroyalrestorer,standsthemonstrousSphinxmute,sardonic,andwisebeyondmankindandmemory. 

           Minorpyramidsandthetracesofruinedminorpyramidsarefoundinseveralplaces,andthewholeplateauispittedwiththetombsofdignitariesoflessthanroyalrank. Theselatterwereoriginallymarkedbymastabas,orstonebench-likestructuresaboutthedeepburialshafts, asfoundinotherMemphiancemeteriesandexemplifiedbyPerneb’sTombintheMetropolitanMuseumofNewYork. AtGizeh,however,allsuchvisiblethingshavebeensweptawaybytimeandpillage;andonlytherock-hewnshafts,eithersand-filledorclearedoutbyarchaeologists,remaintoattesttheirformerexistence. Connectedwitheachtombwasachapelinwhichpriestsandrelativesofferedfoodandprayertothehoveringkaorvitalprincipleofthedeceased. 

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