Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1843-12-08

] EIHUllt DibGhbs "lllEll NHNV b'Nb pi''E E'N
from the first caiaracr, GAO miles distant. o.
They are OF ell slzes, from four leet OF
square 10 ten feet long, by two feet six CT
inches thick, and fusd together with "
precision 40 Px'rsordInafy that il is Of =
ten Difficult 10 find the joint. The roof o
Of Nelson chamber ia made o. granite
blocks above 80 leet long, Even the h
reVetment has joiua mot wider than $
the the thickness of silver paper" and v
such IS the leuacly Of the cemen, with a
which they ara he'd logelhsr, that
r fragment OF one that had boen destroy
: ed remains firmly fixed in its original
ALIGNMENT. Notwithstanding the lapse Of {
8 above 1000 years time aud the VloIance
/ which broke the block Of limestone it.
f self
g Gin tho Great Pyramid alone the
granIte blocks must weigh teas Of thou
sauds Of tons, and The amount OF granite
- in all the pyramiis many hundreds Of
- thousands 10 examining the interior
. OF some Of these pyramids, it is we'll TO
o note the early use oI the species OF in
cliaed roof which is the parent Of the
3. po nfed arch
h THE dllapidaled state Of this pyramid
II proceeds from he Arabian caIiphs Of
r Cairo; who, some centuries ago, at dIt-
n lereut periods, look down the outer cas-
d ing stones, partly to effect the hopeless
n destruction Of the pyramid itself, and
81 partly 10 collect materials for bridges
" and sluices near the pyramid as well az
for works OF Cairo. II is very cerratn
no that many. II not most, Of ,hr Arab SnOl
#, lans OF Cairo took materials from the
no pyramids, but the opening OF the great
oC one aud its desecrsrlun seems TO have
he been done A ID 842. by FL Mamoon
no They removed from the surface OF the
cd great pyramid about three Tiers OF s'cne
ma and the casing, thus reducing it from
o. 4SO feet perpendicular TO Its present
or height, which Is $50 9--that is, 30 feet
lost from It's prislIne elevation. They
%. left it in this conduon, because, ailei
of employing some thousands OF work
i1s men for two ypars. they found that IN,
,he liule they had taken off lrom its vas
.rs surlac, 50 lumbnred up the base that,
an, was necessary to carry that away be
,w. tore taking down any more, and, in cou
,ck sequence, they abandoned The labor a
ST hopeless!
I'D alt is from this pyramid that ger
the tleman was once desperate enough
erv throw himself of! In April 1881, a
L 1 L., lan y
,ver threw himself from the eastern sIoe
live this structure. HIS companion al
himself we're standing on The top, ar
whilst the formers back was lUrnet
49, Maze must have allen, for, on turnr
u round and missing him, he ran TO Il
i, r. edge, and there saw Maze lying on Il
n. fifth step from the top, evidently IN e
~ treme agony. Bot, before he cou
%. reach bin, he unfortunate man u'tef'
81, gtoan, and, rolling heavily down fro
-,Ir step 10 step, the body continued to d.
o. scend with accelerated iorce until
w. reached The bottom a mass of bleedlI
e., matter.
This is the only instance on reco
IL | VI uth'i 'INln lull '''"l WV y y '"''''
L.a., and, as in tho case OF this lndlVldu
~ there is every reason to believe bo
from The sayings and arrangements
Maze before he went from CAIRO It
-; -. the act WAS premedualed, it may be
Iorred that with common caution The
,IIia is no dnnger in ascent or descent, II
traveller will slIow his Arab arlendal
to take him up IN their own fashion
=. THE second pyramid is difficult a
Nv dangerous in ls ascent Mr.. Ghdd
: r., informs us that he has never be
'i''" - tempted to make il. llo knew, nov
~ -" YER, about half dozen travellers W
,S. had climbed it, and is told that not m
onr; then twenty five European names a
ro,I carved on the top.
,uhli THE general impression current
It TO- Europe arising from the hasy rema
, Mr. OF travellers u 'ha' mol more 'han "
dness pyramids exist in the Metropolis
o,ber Memphs. This is an absolute err
n So ana it will be new TO most persons
have learn that in Lower Egypt beEnu
"a ihe just below Memphis, aud continuing
from to mldd'e Egypt nero are 'hs tema
Egyp o' at least ,hly'y n'ne' OF whl'h as M
0 yrs. asl"en'y'hve are 10 compara'l'e'V 9
'g be PresefVa''on' IN me heoa'o ,"e!e
,e sa. two more; and on the plains Of Mel
d. in Ethiopia, twelve hundred miles alb
- !. Memphis, there are one hundred
;" .ns. ~. thirty nine. Dr. Lepsius has discove
now a ,"0 &C.,, &C. " '"I' N"r.. "' ,a.,
'"""" Prussan Scientific Mission now IN
/, ,~I, a. gypr under the far famed Lepslus, be
w" their critical examination Of the NJ
,..ia, a"" phile pyramids, and of all the to
facs. 1"' "'1'u'''.".' >" =