Transcriber’s Note When italics were used in the original book, the corresponding text has been surrounded by _underscores_. Some corrections have been made to the printed text. These are listed in a second transcriber’s note at the end of the text. THE STOREHOUSES OF THE KING. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE STOREHOUSES OF THE KING OR THE PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT WHAT THEY ARE AND WHO BUILT THEM BY JANE VAN GELDER (_née_ TRILL) And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.—_Revelation_ vi. 6. LONDON: W. H. ALLEN & CO., 13 WATERLOO PLACE. 1885. (_All Rights reserved._) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LONDON: PRINTED BY W. H. ALLEN AND CO., 13 WATERLOO PLACE, S. W. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THIS VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED TO EGYPTOLOGISTS AND FREEMASONS OF ALL NATIONS, BY THE DISCOVERER OF WHAT THE STONE PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT ARE, AND WHO BUILT THEM, THE AUTHOR. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PREFACE. The Pyramids have been reckoned among the wonders of the world, and every effort has been made to discover for what purpose they were constructed, and by whom they were built. Their immense size, their solid construction, the lonely positions in which they are placed, add to the amazement of the spectator. Many conjectures and assertions have been made regarding them. Some assert they were the tombs of the kings of Egypt, and others differ, and say they were built for astronomical purposes; and those who give up guessing or speculating regarding them, consider they were the tokens of the folly and tyranny of the rulers of Egypt. All travellers, and learned men and women who have visited these gigantic monuments, admit their grandeur, and admire their sublimity.