Our Inheritance in the Great Pyramid

Plates

Engraved by Alex. Ritchie, Edinburgh, from drawings by Piazzi Smyth. Cleaned from the Internet Archive scan: paper lightened, contrast restored.

  1. Plate IFRONTISPIECE: The Stone Architecture of All Ages, in Time and in Height.
  2. Plate IIGeography of the Great Pyramid, both for Egypt and the World.
  3. Plate IIIChorography of the Great Pyramid and its Neighbours.
  4. Plate IVVertical Sections of all the Jeezeh Group of Pyramids.
  5. Plate VVertical Sections of all the Residual Pyramids of Egypt.
  6. Plate VIVertical Section of Great Pyramid and its Rock-fast Hill, *Looking West.*
  7. Plate VIIGround Plan of the Great Pyramid.
  8. Plate VIIICasing-stone Remnants of the Great and Second Pyramids.
  9. Plate IXChamber and Passage System of Great Pyramid.
  10. Plate XEntrance into Great Pyramid, Front Elevation, and Side Section.
  11. Plate XIQueen’s Chamber, so-called, in Great Pyramid.
  12. Plate XIILower End of Grand Gallery in the Great Pyramid.
  13. Plate XIIIEND-ON VIEWS OF LENGTH IN THE GRAND GALLERY; *Arabs ascending the Grand Gallery, southward; Arabs descending the Grand Gallery, northward.*
  14. Plate XIVUpper End of Grand Gallery and the Ante-chamber.
  15. Plate XVTHE ANTE-CHAMBER AND ITS WALLS, OPENED OUT; *Also the Boss on the Granite Leaf.*
  16. Plate XVIThe King's Chamber and its Accessories.
  17. Plate XVIIWALLS OF THE KING'S CHAMBER OPENED OUT. *The Coffer, Sunk portion of Walls, &c.*
  18. Plate XVIIIEGYPTOLOGICAL SIGNATURES OF EARLY EGYPTIAN KINGS; *Also Doctors Grant's and Waller's Orders of Polish of the Great Pyramid's Granite Surfaces.*
  19. Plate XIXTomb of King Cheops, Far Outside the Great Pyramid.
  20. Plate XXSize and Shape of Great Pyramid, Measured Without.
  21. Plate XXISize and Shape of Great Pyramid, from Testimony Within.
  22. Plate XXIIConstruction Hypothesis of Passage Angles and Chamber Emplacements in Great Pyramid.
  23. Plate XXIIIThe Antediluvian Starry Skies, as Seen on the Great Pyramid Principles of Observing.
  24. Plate XXIVThe Starry Skies as Seen at the Great Pyramid at its Date of Foundation, 2170 B.c.
  25. Plate XXVTHE STARRY SKIES OF THE PRESENT TIME, AS SEEN AT THE GREAT PYRAMID ON ITS PRINCIPLES OF OBSERVING; *viz. the old Dragon Pole-Star crossing the Meridian below the Pole, and thereby emphasizing the one Zodiacal constellation then on the Meridian above the Pole.*