# Howard-Vyse 1840: Operations Carried on at the Pyramids of Gizeh in 1837, volume 1

> Richard William Howard-Vyse, John Shae Perring, 1840. 4 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The first record and facsimiles of the gang marks naming…

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# 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.

**How the Great Pyramid was built** **Primary source** BookCopy of **[Quarry marks of work gangs naming Khufu in the relieving chambers](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-pyramid/artifacts/ART0CSMP8E602WD/quarry-marks-of-work-gangs-naming-khufu-in-the-relieving)** Checked against the original0

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

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## Cited by on this site 4 records

[Quarry marks of work gangs naming Khufu in the relieving chambers](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-pyramid/artifacts/ART0CSMP8E602WD/quarry-marks-of-work-gangs-naming-khufu-in-the-relieving)

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[Howard-Vyse blasts into the relieving chambers and records the gang marks naming Khufu](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-pyramid/events/EVT0CSMNV8A1RSM/howard-vyse-blasts-into-the-relieving-chambers-and-records)

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## Cite it

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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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