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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    { PRE] see Sa ; , ) | OF the Authors or Founders of the PYRAMIDS. ag eSge g]|I is the opinion of fome (4) mo- 4 Henr, sponda: My || derne Writers, that the —-gyp- se Hila tian Pyramids were erected by par.t.cap.6, || the Z/ractites, during theit hea~ Grecuh sone sy) f Vie preflure under the tyrannie eee x, || of the Pharachs.And this feems === to be confirmed by (b) fofe- A ae her, Qo jou te thed the memorie of the benefits of Jofeph, the K ng- Vee Lookers 3e- ome of Agypt being transplanted into another ne ie is Family, they ufed the iftaclites with much fevéritie, oh eee #) wafting them with feverall labours ; for they were rw ie, ont rommanded to cut divers Channels for the River Anausvlas, Denise (Nilus) to vaife wails; and caft up bankes whereby to pS Ae ‘ hinder the inundation of the ftreame : they oppreffed alfo our Nation with thofe fabrickes of the Pyrae mids, compelling thew to learne many( mechanically Arts, and inured them tothe (“pporting of labours. But the facred Scriptures clearely expreffing the ilaverie of the Jewes, to have confifted in making. and burning of Brick (for the original is co34 ‘WLebénim, which the (c) Septuagint renders by ¢ Exod, apis jorrsee aNd wawSea ) whereas all thefe Pp yr ambi ds La confift of Stone, I cannot be induced to fabferibe ro their aflertion, ) , B Much! | i| \