 | Addison (pseud.) - 1794 - 564 pages
...remaining, not far from Grand Cairo, where ( 256 ) where Memphis formerly flood. The bafis of the largeft covers eleven acres of ground, and its perpendicular height is 500 feet, but if meafured obliquely to the terminating point, 700 feet. It contains a room thirty-four feet long, and... | |
 | John Adams - 1795 - 480 pages
...the refearches of hiftory itfelf, and their original ufes are ftill unknown. The bafis of the largeft covers eleven acres of ground, and its perpendicular height is 500 feet. It contains a room thirty-four feet long, and feventeen broad, in which is a marble cheft, but without... | |
 | Richard Turner - 1810 - 384 pages
...admiration; they are eleven in number, and diftant four leagues from 'Cairo; the bafis of the largeft covers eleven acres of ground, and its perpendicular height is 500 'feet, but if meafured obliquely to the terminating point, 700 feet. Rain is very uncommon in Kgypt. ••; The... | |
 | Eliza Roberts - 1813 - 408 pages
...been built by the children of Israel when in bondage, as sepulchres for the Egyptian Kings. The basis of the largest covers eleven acres of ground, and its perpendicular height is five hundred feet. These stupendous structures are reckoned among the wonders of the world. The Mummy-pits... | |
 | Daniel Jaudon - 1814 - 234 pages
...near Cairo, are tho most stupendous structures that ever were raised by the hands of men : the basis of the largest covers eleven acres of ground, and its perpendicular height is 5<Ю feet, hut if measured obliquely, TOO feet. Their antiquity is heyond the researches ol history,... | |
 | Daniel Jaudon - 1820 - 236 pages
...near Cairo, are the most stupendous structures that ever were raised bj the hands of men: the basis of the largest covers eleven acres of ground, and its perpendicular height is 500 feet; but if measured obliquely, 700 feet. Their antiquity is beyond the researches of history, and their original... | |
 | Millman - 1831 - 366 pages
...antiquity of the pyramids eludes the researches of history, and their original uses are still unknown. The base of the largest covers eleven acres of ground, and its perpendicular height is five hundred feet, but if measumi .miunnMv •« -tie terminating point, seven fen. TV pvramuts ;ire... | |
 | A G. Hamilton - 1850 - 296 pages
...to have been built by the children of Israel, when in bondage, as sepulchres for the Egyptian kings. The base of the largest covers eleven acres of ground, and its perpendicular height is five hundred feet. These stupendous structures are reckoned among the wonders of the world. The mummy-pits... | |
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The base of the largest covers eleven acres of ground, and its perpendicular height is five hundred feet. 