self and distributed over the lateral partsof the pyramid. These precautions have been quite effectual.Not a stone has been stirred either by the inward thrust or bythe crushing of their substance ; not a block is out of place butthose which have been disturbed by the violence of man ;… … Fig. 153.—Longiludinal section tlu-ough the Imver chambers ; perspetti\e after Pening. The glory of the workmen who built the Great Pyramid isthe masonry of the Grand Gallery, the gallery which opensimmediately into the vestibule of the Kings Chamber. As thiscorridor is 28 feet high and 7 feet…
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