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Ziska by Marie Corelli
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is correct. The wise men of the old days foretold the time when
'the waters should rise and cover the earth,' and these huge
monuments were prepared and raised to a height which it was
estimated would always appear above the level of the coming flood,
to show where the treasures of Egypt were hidden for safety. Yes,-
-the treasures of Egypt, the wisdom, the science of Egypt! They
are all down there still! And there, to all intents and purposes,
they are likely to remain."

"But archaeologists are of the opinion that the Pyramids have been
thoroughly explored," began Dr. Dean, with some excitement.

The Princess interrupted him by a slight gesture.

"Archaeologists, my dear Doctor, are like the rest of this world's
so-called 'learned' men; they work in one groove, and are
generally content with it. Sometimes an unusually brilliant brain
conceives the erratic notion of working in several grooves, and is
straightway judged as mad or fanatic. It is when these comet-like
intelligences sweep across the world's horizon that we hear of a
Julius Caesar, a Napoleon, a Shakespeare. But archaeologists are
the narrowest and dryest of men,--they preconceive a certain
system of work and follow it out by mathematical rule and plan,
without one touch of imagination to help them to discover new
channels of interest or historical information. As I told you
before I began to speak, you are welcome to entirely disbelieve my
story of the Great Pyramid,--but as I have begun it, you may as
well hear it through." She paused a moment, then went on:
"According to my information, the building of the Pyramids was
commenced three hundred years before the Deluge, in the time of
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