The Great Pyramid : observatory, tomb, and temple (1888)
Proctor, Richard A. (Richard Anthony), 1837-1888 · London : Longmans, Green · leaf 138
imilarly-lettered paths in fig. 7),while as an architect he would know that theymust be closer at the top than at the bottom of apassage so lofty as the Great Ascending Gallery.Fig. 8, giving the actual shape of the verticalsection of the Great Gallery, shows how the astro-nomical architects of the… … R K R Fig. 8.K2 132 THE GREAT PYRAMID. lutely vertical, and yet the walls, regarded aswholes, are aslant. If we had not seen from the beginning theastronomical plan of the Great Pyramid, and thatsuch a plan indicated an astronomical purpose, weshould find, I take it, in this double character ofthe…
