Explorations in Bible lands during the 19th century (1903)
Hilprecht, H. V. (Hermann Vollrat), 1859-1925, Benzinger, I. (Immanuel), 1865-1935, Hommel, Fritz, 1854-1936, Jensen, P. (Peter), 1861-1936, Steindorff, Georg, 1861-1951 · Philadelphia : A. J. Holman · leaf 766
north above Abu Ruash DURING IJTii CENTURY: EGYPT 653 past Gize and Saqqara as far as Medum, which is situatedat the entrance to the Fayiam, they divide themselves intoseven large groups. That the three larger pyramids hadbeen built by the old kings Cheops, Chefren and Myke-rinos was already known… … Step Pyramid ot Saqqara to be regarded as water reservoirs or granaries or astronom-ical observatories. Only through the careful architecturalexamination of Vyse and Perring, 1837-38, has the realpurpose of the pyramids been scientifically proved. TheEnglish discoveries have shown that it is more…
