PYRAMIDS OF NURl used in explaining the system followed by the architects of ancient Egyptian pyramids.

In one respect the pyramids of Nuri differ from the other pyramids in the Sudan. Instead of being formed of heaps of loose, uncut stones and sand, with one or two outside casings of wellhewn stones, an examination of several of them shows that they ll v=U CO afe. mm r?i ife M ri w -0 PLAN OF THE PYRAMIDS OF NURI, By Colonel the Hon. M. G. Talbot, R.'E, are built of hewn stones throughout. This fact proves that their builders copied the great pyramids of Egypt, and as the stones in the layers are well hewn and well laid, there is every reason to suppose that had the Nubian quarries yielded stones as hard and close-grained as those of Egypt, the pyramids of Nuri would have remained to this day in a good state of preservation. It is uncer-119