142 WONDERS OF EGYPT.

 

one hundred feet long, forming a con-
tinued road to a sort of landing-place.
In a small recess of this passage, is the
shaft, called the well.

Moving onward through a long pas-
sage, the visitor comes to what is called
the queen’s chamber, which is seventeen
feet long, fourteen feet wide, aud twelve
feet high. ‘I entered a hole, opening
from this room,” says Stephens, “‘ and
crawling on my hands and knees, came
to a larger opening, partly filled with
fallen stones. Just above this, going
up by an inclined plane, lined with

polished granite, and about one hundred