146 WONDERS OF EGYPT.

 

pyramids were built for. I wish |
could tell you; but a good deal of
doubt hangs over that matter. Some
learned men think that they were built
for one purpose, and some for another.
I think they were used as burial-places
for persons of high rank. This seems
probable, from the number of stone
coffins which are found in all of the
pyramids, as well as the mummies
which are frequently discovered.

In the largest pyramid, which I have
described more particularly than any
of the rest, many suppose that one of
the kings of Egypt once slept the long