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Thursday, February 17, 1927
Twenty-eighth day of work
Cars emptied:
line IX 6:45 am - 8:00 am: 64, 8:30 - 12:00: 205, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm: 162
[Total] 431
Work on:
(1) Pit G 7168 D
(2) Pit G 7440 X
(3) Street south of G 7510
(4) G 7520 and Pits A, Q, R, S, T, Z
(1) G 7168
G 7168 D: Chamber cleared.
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(2) G 7440
G 7440 X: Chamber I, clearing debris.
(3) South of G 7510
Clearing debris in avenue between G 7510 and G 7520. Found in debris: one knee of squatting statue, diorite, (about life-size).
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- Classification
- Documentation-Expedition diary pages
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- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Display Page Dates
- 02/17/1927
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- Author
- Noel F. Wheeler, British
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
Modern People
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- Type Author
- Nationality & Dates British
- Remarks Wheeler was a Lieutenant Commander in the Royal Navy according to George A. Reisner's, "A HIstory of the Giza Necropolis, Vol. I."