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 779
Egyptian king named Moeris ordered alarge lake to be dug out in the neighborhood of Crocodil-opolis, the circumference of which was 3600 stadia, andwhich was 300 feet deep in its deepest part. In the middleof this lake stood two pyramids, the total height of which ^ Who sold many of them to museums… … Portrait painted in Wax ( From the Fayum ) DURING 19TII CENTURY: EGYPT 6G7 was 600 feet, 300 feet over the ground and 300 feet belowthe ground. On top of each pyramid was a colossal stonestatue seated upon a throne. The water of the lake didnot come from a spring, but from the Nile by means of…
