Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged, Volume 15Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths R. Griffiths., 1756 - Bibliography Editors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G.E. Griffiths. |
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Page 249
... pyramids and obelifks . Old Alexandria has been fubjected to fo many revoluti- ons , and been so often ruined , that it would be now difficult to to discover where it antiently stood , if the fituation HEATHCOTE's Objections . 249.
... pyramids and obelifks . Old Alexandria has been fubjected to fo many revoluti- ons , and been so often ruined , that it would be now difficult to to discover where it antiently stood , if the fituation HEATHCOTE's Objections . 249.
Page 253
... pyramids , our readers will forgive us if , inftead of following our Author in his defcription of Alexandria at prefent , we insert here the remarks he has made upon the great pyramids . They ftand at the feet of thofe high mountains ...
... pyramids , our readers will forgive us if , inftead of following our Author in his defcription of Alexandria at prefent , we insert here the remarks he has made upon the great pyramids . They ftand at the feet of thofe high mountains ...
Page 254
... pyramids , any fuch characters were then in ufe ? but none appear in these immenfe ruins : had there been any , furely fome veftiges of them would still remain . Thus argues Mr. Norden . How- ever , it is to be observed , that Vanfleb ...
... pyramids , any fuch characters were then in ufe ? but none appear in these immenfe ruins : had there been any , furely fome veftiges of them would still remain . Thus argues Mr. Norden . How- ever , it is to be observed , that Vanfleb ...
Page 255
... pyramid , and the other lower down . All these paffages , except the fourth , are of an equal fize , or three feet and an half fquare . They are lined on every fide with large pieces of white marble , extremely fmooth ; little holes ...
... pyramid , and the other lower down . All these paffages , except the fourth , are of an equal fize , or three feet and an half fquare . They are lined on every fide with large pieces of white marble , extremely fmooth ; little holes ...
Page 256
... pyramids are furrounded with a number of little ones , which for the moft part have been opened . There are three to the east of the first pyramid , and two of them fo ruinous , that the chambers of them are no longer difcernible . To ...
... pyramids are furrounded with a number of little ones , which for the moft part have been opened . There are three to the east of the first pyramid , and two of them fo ruinous , that the chambers of them are no longer difcernible . To ...
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