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pillar in stone alongside the well. The Chapel is very neat & knatty. Above the altar is the life size of the members of the holy Family – let in to the wall like a bay window. The Chapel is 59 years replacing old one. Visited the Pyramids in the afternoon, it is truly marvellous & must be seen to been realize just what it actually is – a most ambitious piece of work – saw King Kheops & Queen Kheops Tombs, also saw where the daughter of the King was, but could not approach it, as it is on record only one Englishman has seen it & he had to climb by rope. Said to be 4000 years B.C.
Kheops really means Brilliant – Its dimensions 451 ft sq 451 ft high – Entrance on the 13th tier of stones. The joining together of the large blocks of stone is what provokes the admiration of everybody. Kings Chamber measures 17 ft by 17½ ft wide 34 ft long – The large Sarcophagus or Coffin – made of solid Granite, has no