The great pyramid passages and chambers

PLATE CLX. Plate CLX. To show the height of the doorway, John stands near it on the west side, and Judah occupies the same position as in the former photograph.

587 Whenever we visited the Queen’s Chamber, we found it very fatiguing to walk along the low part of the passage from the Grand Gallery. The reason is that we required to bend so low, lower even than when walking up the Descending and First Ascending Passages, because although these two passages are of the same right-angled height from floor to roof as is the Horizontal Passage, t.e., a little under four feet, yet while walking upward in them we had the advantage of the greater vertical height, which is about five inches more than the right-angled height. (Before John arrived in Egypt I photographed Judah walking up the Descending PassagePlate CLXII. Contrast this Plate with Plate XLVIII, where John is shown walking down the passage, a mode of progression more difficult, even, than walking in the low Horizontal Passage.) We always experienced a feeling of relief when we reached The doorway of the Horizontal Passage in the north the lower part of the floor wall of the Queen’s Chamber. to the south of the step, where we could straighten ourselves. In this part of the passage which measures exactly one-seventh of its total length, we found that one of average height like myself could walk upright, his head just short of touching the roof ; but John, who is a little over the average, had still to bow his head submissively until he reached the full freedom of the Queen's Chamber. If you will re-read the article on the Great Pyramid in the 3rd Vol. of Scripture Studies (or our own remarks on the same subject—Pars.

171-176), you will appreciate the significance of this more, possibly, than you have done hitherto!

588 In the Queen’s Chamber we photographed the east wall (Plate CLX1), showing the full height of the “ Niche,” that most peculiar recess which measures 184 British inches in height, by 41 inches in depth, with a width at the bottom and top of 62 and 20

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