Pyramidographia: or a description of the pyramids in Aegypt / [John Greaves].

  • John Greaves
Date:
1646
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Credit: Pyramidographia: or a description of the pyramids in Aegypt / [John Greaves]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    \ibiengines not being then invented the work was eve~ ‘Wii\ted. And that which begets the greatest admira- luijdor ts,.that fo vaft a firuiture wae perfetted in \uiaat place, which rs all about replenifhed with fand ‘\iaiehere there appeares not any velicks, either of the iNinggeres,or-of the hewing and polifhing of the frones. Ninvathat it feems not peece-meale by the induftry of Minivan ,but altogether,and at once,the whole pile, as it ngiwere by fome God, was eretted in the midf of the juiiianas Some of thee Egyptians relate wonders of it, wmiitd indeavosr to obtrude Iknow not what fables; \wbamely, that thefe aggeres confifting of (alt,and nim wlngre, were diffolved yy letting in the river , which winnebelly confumed them without the labour of bands, liulleaving this ftructureintire. JBut the truth of the Inyiaeee fives 2s not fo, but that thofe multitudes of men, | wlebsch were imployed in ret fing the ALG Ceres ,cayri- \hited thene away unto their former places. For as they yy Weport three hundred and frxty thoufand men were r \mplayed inthefe offices, aud the whole worke was wiicarce finifhed in the {pace of twenty yeares, Plin iapartly agrees with him ,and partly gives another \lentwer. The queftiontsby what means the cemant ras conucied upto fuch a height (herather might .vuaave queftioned how thofe vat ftones were con- oureled up )fome (ay thar banks of witre,and [alt were An | (‘a | inlwadde up,as the work rofe,whieh being frzifbed,they ig pere walled away by the river(Nilus Others ina- “ uiine that bridges were made with bricke:which,the iworke bemg ended, were diftribured into private ilooufes.For they conceive that the Nilus beingmuch “| yiiNesrrupying avegoud pevony, MDiodor. Bihloch. Hiftor, lib. 1. Queition Mahicucinem fubye&a Gint cementa. Alt enim nitreac | plapPere, ac perato,fluminis itrizatione dilucis : alij la 0) ares, pecado operc in privatasdomos diftributos, (its mud humiliorens * Plin- 1, 26:C.52 13 U7 TOTWALRE TRY Foray UATE THE Vx 7 LLayoy % Ty Wet 01 Tg TOBE Te 7 ah pew Ud] 8 8y706, udty byvos 8 '5y Ty Ve- UATE, 839 9 ohh MBar Esssorgag xj Aneéuoeag cap. AcimereEy., ase dh: xeiP Lek Xgl Cb 209) Um v6 pee app $pjaor ag. mane annibdles wy ius © 9776p U a0 See” VSS TH HRTAOLEL= aos Teas oey cic tl orgect ys ORLY LELOY, s7pg— Kets ar SE Teves WO Asyumioy 7a- Ch PROVEY Ky - Sutdey, vaep _ TS Tey AezoyTBE wis if arrazos, x5 vires FW drags - Bude vOTWP, érrngzlele 6, 70%. Bas VM, SAVORY, CU et XY @ e ow, aveu BF resag- MDL Te. MERYpne= Tie: s pales % qeihabis & Ts. 6y,9¢ dye de F mho- yered a, E wh yon, unre, Bars ong. PAL TO wa $997 chs tls Mp ure'p Xsaaay et wo tare. sadn rite TELaiayre Use +S Kes pueecdts avd oahy at Ure, mes THO eager