Item 02: Frank Hurley war diary, 28 October 1917-24 January 1918 - Page 56
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burial places of famous Egyptian queens etc., until we entered a large apartment, the resting place of King Cheops. It certainly looked like it. There still remained the huge atone coffin (which some genius professor declared to be an indestructible measure of capacity) and the dark atmosphere characteristic of a vault. The talking guide informed me we were now in the very heart of the Pyramid. Certainly one gains a more powerful impression of the colossal nature of the work, by the huge stones here employed. The roof of this chamber is spanned by immense blocks, which are even larger around the walls. Small pieces of magnesium ribbon caused the granite facets to sparkle like a million diamonds. One of the guides offered to tell me my