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Even the Pyramids have been clothed by Asiatic fabulists with precious attributes. The wealth of Rucma Vatsa, a ruler of Egypt, according to Asiatic tradition, was such that he raised three mountains, called Rucm-adri, Rujat-adri, and Retu-adri, or the mountains of gold, silver, and precious stones.
The Pyramids, which are obviously the mountains indicated in the Hindoo records, were, it is presumed, originally cased with yellow, white, or spotted marbles, brought from the quarries of Arabia.
There were said to be under the throne or palace of Chosrou Parviz, a hundred vaults filled with treasures so immense that some Mohammedan writers tell us, their Prophet, to encourage his disciples, carried them to a rock, which, at his command, opened, and gave them a prospect through it of the treasures of Chosrou. |
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