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

TOMB OR OBSERVATORY?

shortened in length but of full size in width and height. The resemblance is so striking, even to the beginning of the Horizontal Passage to the Queen’s Chamber, the Ramps in the Grand Gallery, and also—and this, perhaps, the most remarkable feature about them—the contraction at the lower end of the Ascending Passage to hold the Granite Plug, that it is obvious such is their purpose, and that they do not mark the site of another pyramid. In addition, there is a vertical shaft—though not in the same relative position—evidently intended as a model of the upper part of the well-shaft in the Great Pyramid, since the bore of each is the same, thus affording additional proof that this shaft entered into the original design as far as the grotto.

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