ascending passage

Its first ascending passage symbolizes the Jewish Age.

Originally concealed with a slab of stone, this is the beginning of the Ascending Passage.

This, in turn, has led to the proposal that originally many more than 3 blocking stones were intended, to completely fill the Ascending Passage.

Occasionally, Mr. Shaham labors over an ascending passage.

Unable to remove these stones, the workmen tunnelled up beside them through the softer limestone of the Pyramid until they reached the Ascending Passage.

The sarcophagus is slightly larger than the Ascending Passage, which indicates that it must have been placed in the Chamber before the roof was put in place.

"Since it is near the ceiling, perhaps it will lead to ascending passages that may bring us back to the surface with any luck at some distance from the monsters."

The mild humor came through in his writing for the group, too: the melody of "Storm Warning" took a four-note ascending passage and spun it faster and faster.

They reached the end of the ascending passage, passing through a hole-like exit in the floor of a horizontal corridor that stretched off to either side, curving gently inward to the right and left.

The recapitulation ends with a coda that is relatively brief but intense, concluding with an ascending passage built through imitation of the opening cell, whose buildup comes suddenly crashing down in a descending 'fortissimo' phrase.

The purpose of these slots is not known, but the central gutter in the floor of the Gallery, which is the same width as the Ascending Passage, has led to speculation that the blocking stones were stored in the Grand Gallery and the slots held wooden beams to restrain them from sliding down the passage.