Lepsius translated from the Turin papyrus; Budge bases his translations on what is called the Theban recension.
In 1840 Germany sent out an expedition under the leadership of Lepsius.
Lepsius thought that the oldest of these Pyramids were built more than three thousand years before Christ.
We shall call attention, however, to a hypogeum at Gizeh, which is numbered 81 in Lepsius's map of that tomb-field.
Young's work was closely followed up by Champollion, and afterwards by Lepsius, Birsch, and others.
