CHAPTER III.
The Pyramid Builders—Continued.
The warlike expeditions described by Una,
the Governor of the South, form the exception
rather than the rule in this early history.
Fearing no rivals at home, and almost entirely
free from enemies abroad, these powerful
monarchs devoted their thoughts and care to
the building of temples and of those gigantic
funeral piles that have immortalised their
names.
It is certain that the pyramids could not have been erected without a very considerable amount of scientific knowledge, whilst as records of engineering skill they are simply marvellous. Immense blocks were brought from a distance of 500 miles up the river, were polished like glass, and fitted into their places with such exactness that the joints could hardly be detected. 'Nothing can be more wonderful,' says
