The Pyramids Of Giza | by Annie Abernethie Pirie Quibell
Everyone who comes to Egypt has heard of the pyramids, but comparatively few know more about them than that they are tall and pointed, and, in a vague way, that they are very old. Some people have an idea that they were the buildings that the Children of Israel built for Pharaoh under the lash of Egyptian overseers, and it surprises many when they come to realise that the pyramids had been standing for more than a thousand years before the Children of Israel ever saw Egypt.
| Title | The Pyramids Of Giza |
| Author | Annie Abernethie Pirie Quibell |
| Publisher | The C. M. S. Bookshop |
| Year | 1910 |
| Copyright | 1910, The C. M. S. Bookshop |
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Introductory- Everyone who comes to Egypt has heard of the pyramids, but comparatively few know more about them than that they are tall and pointed, and, in a vague way, that they are very old. Some people have an ...
- Introductory. Continued
- Thus an Egyptian tomb had two parts; the burial chamber down below, which contained the body and was never to be disturbed; and the chapel above, which has meant to be entered by the living, where the...
- The Great Pyramid
- The Pyramid of Cheops, Egyptian IChufu, has withstood the vicissitudes of 5000 years so well that, in spite of its interior having been ransacked for treasure and its exterior hacked away as a quarry,...
- Second Pyramid And Sphinx
- The Pyramid of Chephren is almost equal in proportions and execution to that of Cheops, and has suffered much less from the ravages of time and spoilers. Not only is part of the original casing still ...
- Third Pyramid
- The Pyramid of Mycerinus is much smaller than the other two, but must have looked very splendid when its lower half was cased with red Aswan granite. Many of the casing blocks are still in place; othe...
- "Mastaba" Tombs Near The Pyramids
- These are the graves of the nobles and courtiers in the time of the Pyramid-building kings and it is evident by the regularity and symmetry of their arrangement that large parts of the cemetery must h...
