The mystery of the Great pyramid : traditions concerning it and its connection with the Egyptian Book of the dead : with numerous illustrations

THEORIES AND TRADITIONS

been sealed up from the very beginning and hidden from view while the Pyramid was still only half completed, their existence afterwards became a matter of hearsay and speculation.

The descending passage and underground pit, however, were known, and could be entered for a considerable time after the Great Pyramid was completed; hence these features appear in all later pyramids. It would, indeed, be difficult to find more conclusive internal evidence of mere imitation, or that the Great Pyramid, notwithstanding its perfect workmanship, is the original of all true pyramids, and is not a product of evolution.

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