Operations Carried on at the Pyramids of Gizeh in 1837, volume 1

Richard William Howard-Vyse, John Shae Perring, 1840. James Fraser, London.

Howard-Vyse's account of his 1837 work at Giza, in which he blasted into the four upper relieving chambers above the King's Chamber and published facsimiles of the painted quarry marks and Khufu's cartouches found there.

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The first record and facsimiles of the gang marks naming Khufu.

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Howard-Vyse, R. W., & Perring, J. S. (1840). Operations Carried on at the Pyramids of Gizeh in 1837, volume 1. James Fraser, London. https://archive.org/details/operationscarrie01howa

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Howard-Vyse, Richard William and John Shae Perring. “Operations Carried on at the Pyramids of Gizeh in 1837, volume 1.” James Fraser, London (1840).