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Chapter 1

           Thesmalltombshavetheirchapelscontainedintheirstonemastabasorsuperstructures,butthemortuarychapelsofthepyramids,whereregalPharaohslay, wereseparatetemples,eachtotheeastofitscorrespondingpyramid,andconnectedbyacausewaytoamassivegate-chapelorpropylonattheedgeoftherockplateau. 

           Thegate-chapelleadingtotheSecondPyramid,nearlyburiedinthedriftingsands,yawnssubterraneouslysouth-eastoftheSphinx. Persistenttraditiondubsitthe‘TempleoftheSphinx’;anditmayperhapsberightlycalledsuchiftheSphinxindeedrepresentstheSecondPyramid’sbuilderKhephren. ThereareunpleasanttalesoftheSphinxbeforeKhephrenbutwhateveritselderfeatureswere,themonarchreplacedthemwithhisownthatmenmightlookatthecolossuswithoutfear. 

           Itwasinthegreatgateway-templethatthelife-sizedioritestatueofKhephrennowintheCairomuseumwasfound; astatuebeforewhichIstoodinawewhenIbeheldit. WhetherthewholeedificeisnowexcavatedIamnotcertain,butin1910mostofitwasbelowground,withtheentranceheavilybarredatnight. Germanswereinchargeofthework,andthewarorotherthingsmayhavestoppedthem. Iwouldgivemuch,inviewofmyexperienceandofcertainBedouinwhisperingsdiscreditedorunknowninCairo, toknowwhathasdevelopedinconnectionwithacertainwellinatransversegallerywherestatuesofthePharaohwerefound incuriousjuxtapositiontothestatuesofbaboons. 

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