The Englishwoman in Egypt Letters from Cairo, Written During a Residence There in 1842, 3, & 4
LETTER XXIII.
Visit to the pyramids—Approach to the pyramids, 186 and inadequate idea of their dimensions—Tombs occupied as dwellings—Circumstances connected with Mr. Lane’s visit to the pyramids in 1825—Guards and attendants at the present visit—Description of the Great Pyramid—Dr. Lepsius’s account of the mode of construction—Present state of the exterior of the Great Pyramid—View from the top—Dangers to which visitors to the pyramids are exposed