but for a basement he built the first course of Ethiopian stone of divers colours; and this pyramid he made forty feet lower than the other as regards size, building it close to the great pyramid.
Beraz, azpian ez du lurpeko egoitzarik, Nilotik ere ez zaio iristen kanalik besteari bezala ura isuriz; honek, egindako ataka batetik, barruan Kheops bera omen datzan irla inguratzen du.