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Small Ante-room and Portcullis in the Third Pyramid.

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Richard William Howard Vyse, Operations Carried on at the Pyramids of Gizeh in 1837, vol. II (London: J. Fraser, 1840), Plate II, “Small Ante-room and Portcullis in the Third Pyramid”, facing printed p.78; complete scan, digital leaf 118.

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One-leaf extraction from the complete 448-leaf original scan. The full plate and relevant printed references were visually checked on 19 October 2026. Historical room names and interpretations retain their original attribution.

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