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Holy and seem to have visited it. They are too numerous to
mention here. However, the first attempt at an Egyptological
study, it seems, was conducted by John Greaves, and English
scholar from whom Tomkins would later draw some of more
fanciful ideas, he climbed to the top, measured the pyramid's
blocks and also made his way inside the pyramid. His sectional
drawing of the structure is remarkably accurate for its time.

However, only at the turn of the nineteenth century did true
archaeological work begin using scientific methods. Nathaniel
Davison discovered a lower relieve chamber as well as a tunnel
connecting it with the Great Gallery during the 1760s. The
scholars with Napoleon's expedition also measured and described
the Great Pyramid again, and made exploratory soundings in and
around it. Early in the nineteenth century, Giovanni Battista
Caviglia cleaned out many spaces inside the pyramid and in
1937, both Vyse and Perring investigated the structure.

Between 1843 and 1844, Lepsius focused his attention
primarily on the structure of the Great Pyramid, expressing his
view that the core consisted of inclined accretion layers. For the
birthday of the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm IV, the
archaeologists honored their prince and patron by scaling the
pyramid and flying a flat from its top. Petrie, who carefully
examined the Pyramid between 1881 and 1882 did not agree with
Lepsius' accretion theory. Petrie, who seems to have always been

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