The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-08-27

1o"ot not Mr.. n Mrs. Teti sat for
There were other photographs Of
objects found in the cemetery of the
IN ana alGo some found In the
cemetery Of the poor. The higher
cldsSeS OF that time were buried near
81 n Pyramid. and beyond them.
iaFlher up the desert. were the burial
places OF the poor. The latter are. I
oelleVe, the only graves Of that class
80 Tar discovered. Each poor person
Tad a little coA1n-iike hole In the
ground built round with stones. These
noles were close together, makin as
y were. a great series of stone boxes,
reminding one of the compartments
for & & in a packing case.
To the Pyramids by Trolley.
This Is the third time that | have
made lengthy visits TO the Pyrarnids Of
Esypt. IN 1882 l rode to them on a
donkey. In 1889 I came out from
Calfo In a comfortable carriage, and
toGay I passed over the same route
on an electric trolley. paying 7 I-2
cents Tor he trip, The street cars TO
the pyramids begin at the end OF the
rr7dge, opposite Cairo, and go along
the side Of a wide avenue, which IL
shaded by acacia trees. The cars are
3peh ana one can look out over the
run along n of the main roads and
we Whlzzed by caravans of donkeys.
lcaded with all sorts of farm pro-
oucts, n by camels. ridden by
goWned men, who bobbed up and
down in the saddle as they went.
mere We're men, women and children
on foot. and yelled women on dom
keys.
Inc ears were flied with Egyptians.
Two dark-faced men In black gowns
T. white turbans sat on the seat be-
srde me- In front was a yeIlow-skin-
ned Arab dandy IN a red fez cap and
long gown. and just behind me sat =
woman with black ven fastened To
her headdress by a brass spool AS
we neared the Pyramids we TONED
at a cafe where they sold America
drinks, and a little further on was q
great MOTEL, containing q telephone.
etectr1c lights and all modern improve
ments.
From the Top of Cheops.
} took a donkey for my ride to the
great Pyramid of Cheops. and went
GEAR around 1T, climbing up the stones
mere and there to see how II was
MADE. [ have gone to the ton and
mace notes of the desert as it stretche
OUT Tor miles on three sides. and also
It's teeming millions is in view NOT far
away The top of the Pyramid ia
ABOUT thirty feet square. 1t is as bfg
as d gooo-sized parlor and Is one Of
the most interesting roof gardens
known TO man. AS I sat there T could
zee tne work going on in the sands be-
low me, ana | r~epeopled them with
the men now being dug up under the
Of our Americans In
my minds Eye I could see them as
liiey tOlied here over 1000 wears aoo
| could see them dragging the great
ur n over the road OF polished stone.
ane had Deen made for the pur-
'c@C. Ill 0DSpryvn
Gown their dusty faces under this
plazlng sun of Egypt as. under +pe
iosiieS OF their task-masters the preo+
PIE grew. There was an ARM Of
Ill one hundre thousand men
moiheu three months of every wear
consn, -. lhah twenty years on this
construction. and Herodotus says tbat
me onions, garlic and radishes which
ne iaDorers ate cost s175o 00o Ie
mat was the price Of relishes uha+
npt'st the real 0 0 have cost Hou
ina ron nus nave been spent on cloth
ing ana now much on tools?
Millions Of Stone Blocks
me Great PYRAMID was com ,osaa
OF 100000 seperate b,ocks ne poeeo
IL covered thirteen acres and stiv 90
talns more han three million onhio
yarus or solid masonry, taking out the
Iar hajsL within IT, He p~erpendicu-
Iar helSht Is now Just about that of .
torty-1iVe-stor flat. allowing ten feet
10 each story; it is within one bnnN
ared feet of the height Of the wash-
aneton Monument, provided Won do
latter. 'p u the
These stones of which the nvr.mi6
is bullt are of different sizes Soc
are as Dig as a flat-toped office DESK
anu some are SO high that you re-
qulle Two men to pull you inward as
you climb from terrace to terrace T
am told that old Cheops weighs some
tning k five million tons: so much
mat If the blocks were torn apart and
ioaded on wagons it would take some
tnihg IKE ten million horses, or more
IMAM half OF all the horses in the
united States, to drag it off to the
sea.
For such an undertaking the stones
would have to be broker to pieces.
There are few of them which do not
weigh at least two tons and some of
the large block Which cover the
kings chamber inside the structure
weigh sixty tons. As measured in
llmb1ng up it there are about two
hundred courses and the blocks vary
IN height from two to five feet. 1t is
ESTIMATED that the Great Pyramid con-
talns, all told, almost ninety million
cubic 1eet of limestone. This is so
nuch That If it could be split into
IlaSS' TOUR inches thick, it would fur
tlsn enough to make a pavement two
iee' Wlde reaching over sea and land
clear around The globe.
A Quarry for Ages.
When Cheops completed this great
structure he coated the outside with
limestone and granite slabs. The sides
were as smooth as glass; hey met in
a point at the top and the length of
each side was eighteen feet longer
than 1t is now. The Pyramid was a
great deal higher, and as the bright
sun played upon its polished surface
1t must have formed a magnificent
sight.
The outside coating has been long
since torn away. Throughout the
ages the people Of the Nile valley have
been getting their building stone from
1t. Many of the mosques of Cairo
contain pieces of old Cheops and it
has been the quarry of this part of
the world for generation after gene
ration these thousands of years.
AS it is today when one views it
from afar. the Great Pyramid still
looks like a smooth block of stone.
1t is only when he comes closer that
one sees that it is made of many
blocks, and only when he stands be-
side it or attempts to climb it that he
the enormous size of
these blocks. The Pyramid is built
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