Vol.36.p.1008

Ancient People

• Hetepheres I (G 7000 X)

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  • Remarks Wife of King Snefru, founder of Egypt’s Fourth Dynasty, and mother of King Khufu, builder of the Great Pyramid. Her burial was hidden in a secret chamber (labeled G 7000 X) nearly 90 feet underground, and contained beautiful pieces of gilded and inlaid wooden furniture, silver jewelry, and a large alabaster sarcophagus that was found to be mysteriously empty.

Modern People

• Ahmed Mahmud el-Nahi

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  • Nationality & Dates
  • Remarks Brother of Atito Mahmud el-Nahi.
• Anthony Arkell

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  • Nationality & Dates British, 1898–1980
  • Remarks Revd.; archaeologist. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.
• Austen St. Barbe Harrison

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  • Nationality & Dates English, 1891-1976
  • Remarks Traced plans surveyed and drawn by Alexander Floroff
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  Dorothy Ginger

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  • Nationality & Dates
  • Remarks Friend of Reisner's secretary Evelyn Perkins; often present at Harvard Camp, Giza, during the 1930s and 1940s; later married a Mr. White to become Dorothy Ginger White.
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  Evelyn Esther Perkins

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  • Nationality & Dates British
  • Remarks Secretary to George Reisner
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  George Andrew Reisner

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  • Nationality & Dates American, 1867–1942
  • Remarks Egyptologist, archaeologist; Referred to as "the doctor" and "mudir" (Arabic for "director") in the excavation records. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.
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  Hadad Adawi

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• Hamid Genawi

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  • Nationality & Dates
  • Remarks Guard at Giza (from Quft).
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  Mahmoud Ali

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  Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz]

  • Type Translator
  • Nationality & Dates
  • Remarks Diary translator. Son of Said Ahmed Said [Diraz] (Head Reis 1908-1926). Brother of Mohammed Said Ahmed (Head Reis 1936-1939). Family name, Diraz, was supplied by Said Ahmed Said's grandsons in 2006.
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  Miss Mary Reisner

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  • Nationality & Dates American, 1902–1963
  • Remarks Daughter of George and Mary Reisner
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  Mohamed Said Ahmed [Diraz]

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  • Nationality & Dates
  • Remarks Head Reis for the Harvard-MFA expedition, 1936–1939. Son of Said Ahmed Said [Diraz] (Head Reis 1908-1926) and brother of Mahmoud Said Ahmed [Diraz] (Translator) and Ahmed Said Ahmed [Diraz]. Family name, Diraz, was supplied by Said Ahmed Said's grandsons in 2006.
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  Mohamed Said Ahmed [Diraz]

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  • Nationality & Dates
  • Remarks Head Reis for the Harvard-MFA expedition, 1936–1939. Son of Said Ahmed Said [Diraz] (Head Reis 1908-1926) and brother of Mahmoud Said Ahmed [Diraz] (Translator) and Ahmed Said Ahmed [Diraz]. Family name, Diraz, was supplied by Said Ahmed Said's grandsons in 2006.
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  Mrs. Mary Reisner

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  • Nationality & Dates American
  • Remarks Wife of Dr. George Reisner, mother of Miss Mary Reisner.
• Ralph Huntington Blanchard

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  • Nationality & Dates American, 1875-1936
  • Remarks Reisner had a tomb with iron door prepared in 1940 for Mr. Blanchard's antiquities. The role of Mr. Blanchard is not mentioned, but he is perhaps the antiquities dealer of the same name who was based in Cairo. This is perhaps the same Mr. Blanchard who is mentioned in H. Lyman Story's diary, Jan.-Feb. 1915. Identity confirmed with additiona detail in 2020: Fredrik Hagen and Kim Ryholt, The Antiquities Trade in Egypt 1880–1930. The H.O. Lange Papers (Copenhagen: Specialtrykkeriet Viborg, 2016), esp. pp. 68-70, 160-61, 205-206.
• Said Hassan Ali

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  • Nationality & Dates
  • Remarks Guard at Giza (from Quft). Possibly same person as Said Hassan.