Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-24
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crossed over and took lool, m a.
other Two which form the rest ~ ~
great trio Ht Gizeh. and I hnvo ell,
peer up TO the site OF old Nien,,i,
where are the Pyramids of Saltl,er5 =,
IN number Along this plateau r,,
iing up the Nile, arc TO be founa 5s
remains of a large number of 49,
mus Therc are also some of the EaS
I'm, ana others far up the rive
ancient Ethiopia. The Inter ars an ~
IN proportion TO their base than n.l
Egyptian pyramids, and they reno re
WY nave hail with SCULPTURES ca,
ing the east TO commemorate the L.
me most of the stones of these r,,,-'
mlds here came from the plateau r,,os
Whlch they stand and from tho NIoi,,,,'
tan hills, about IL miles AWAY nm ~
other side of the Nile There wac ~,
inclined plane leading TO the river an,
me RUS IN the stone road cut out NV
the runners of the sledges cnr,.,tul
these great blocks are still to be seaa s
There are pictures on some Of the nor MOI
pnonts which show how the stor".
We're drawn on sledges b.. oxen ~
men, and in one Of the pictures .,nn,
" pouring oil on the roadbed on ~.
Island of Madeira, where the nntivas
drag sleds by hand up and down tSo
hills they grease their sled runnerg
nut the ancient Egyptians greasod noi
only the sledges, but the roads as well
INSIDE THE PYRAMIDs
was much Interested in tho ipt,-;.
of the Great pyramid. The migbty
structure is supposed to be solid Win
the exception of three chambers coo
nected with the outside by passace
ways and ventilated by airshafts Tbes.
chambers undoubtedly once containa5
great treasures OF gold and silver bni
they were robbed in the first nstanco
over 5000 years ago and II Is know,
that the Persians. the Romans and tbo
Arabs all tried TO dig into them Ia NnJ
the valuables they were supposed Ia
hold.
1t was with three half-naked Bed.
ouins that / climbed up to the entranc.
which leads into old Cheops. There il
hole about IS feet above the deser,
on the north side. Going in here wa
came into a narrow stone passage So
low that ] had to crawl on my hands
and knees. The passage first STONED
downward and then up, and finally
pushed and pulled by my black guides
got into great narrow hall and after
passing through 1t into the room where
old Cheops, the king, rested undisturb.
cd for thousand years or 50 before the
| looters came. / had some matches and
piece of magnesium wire and by his
means l was able to examine the in
terror. The masonry is wonderfully
fine. The places where the stones ara
joined are almost imperceivable and
you cannot put a knife blade between
the cracks. The only thing left in this
room is the great granite saTcophagus
Of King Cheops and the cover TO 1t has
disappeared.
By going back through the hall one
reaches another passageway which
slopes downward to the queens cham
Der, which is much smaller than thai
OF the king. Down below this reached
by another passage connecting with
that which | first entered there is
subterranean chamber which is far IN
| der the base of the pyramid itself The
whole structure is intensely interest
ing and II it could be explored by dia.
mond drills or In some other way other
chambers might possibly be found in
! the parts now looked upon as solid.
FRANK G.. CARPENTER.