The rooms above ground I myself went through and saw, and relate from personal inspection. But the underground rooms I only know from report ; for the Egyptians who have charge of the building would, on no account, show me them, saying, that there were... The Nile: Notes for Travellers in Egypt - Page 164by Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge - 1890 - 311 pagesFull view - About this book
| Herodotus, Henry Cary - 1848 - 634 pages
...the Egyptians who have charge of the building would, on no account, show me them, saying, that there were the sepulchres of the kings who originally built...which surpass all human works, I myself saw ; for the passages through the corridors, and the windings through the courts, from their great variety, presented... | |
| Mrs. Warren (Eliza) - 1751 - 206 pages
...the Egyptians who have charge of the building would, on no account, show me them, saying that there were the sepulchres of the kings who originally built...which surpass all human works, I myself saw; for the passages through the corridors, and the windings through the courts, from their great variety, presented... | |
| Herodotus, Henry Cary - 1852 - 642 pages
...the Egyptians who have charge of the building would, on no account, show me them, saying, that there were the sepulchres of the kings who originally built...which surpass all human works, I myself saw ; for the passages through the corridors, and the windings through the courts, from their great variety, presented... | |
| Herodotus, Henry Cary - 1868 - 634 pages
...for the Egyptians who have charge of the building would on no account show me them, saying that there were the sepulchres of the kings who originally built...crocodiles. I can therefore only relate what I have learned by hearsay concerning the lower rooms; but the upper ones, which surpass all human works, I... | |
| Herodotus, Henry Cary - 1885 - 628 pages
...the Egyptians who have charge of the building would, on no account, show me them, saying, that there were the sepulchres of the kings who originally built...which surpass all human works, I myself saw ; for the passages through the corridors, and the windings through the courts, from their great variety, presented... | |
| Jane Trill van Gelder - 1885 - 382 pages
...for the Egyptians who have charge of the building would on no account show me them, saying that there were the sepulchres of the kings who originally built...crocodiles. I can therefore only relate what I have learned by hearsay concerning the lower rooms ; but the upper ones, which surpass all human works,... | |
| Herodotus - 1892 - 630 pages
...for the Egyptians who have charge of the building would on no account show me them, saying that there were the sepulchres of the kings who originally built this labyrinth, and of the sacred crocodiles. J can therefore only relate what I have learned by hearsay concerning the lower rooms ; but the upper... | |
| Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge - 1902 - 244 pages
...on "no account, show me them, saying, that there were " the sepulchres of the kings who originaily built this " labyrinth, and of the sacred crocodiles....which surpass all human works, I myself saw; for the "passages through the corridors, and the windings " through the courts, from their great variety, pre"... | |
| Janet R. Buttles - 1908 - 314 pages
...the Egyptians who have charge of the " building would on no account show me them, saying that " these were the sepulchres of the kings who originally " built this Labyrinth, and of the sacred crocodiles."1 Wonderful tales of the marvels of this place are related by other writers, who agree... | |
| James Baikie - 1910 - 372 pages
...them, to the number of 3,000, 1,500 of each.' He was not allowed to inspect the underground chambers. ' But the upper ones, which surpass all human works, I myself saw ; for the passages through the corridors, and the windings through the courts, from their great variety, presented... | |
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