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C. Fisher Diary, p.053

Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; view: Cemetery G 3000

Diary Transcription:

Diary Transcription: begin page 53
Thursday, February 11, 1915

Some of the men have begun clearing between 3001 and 3012 where there is sand, and also between 3011 and 3012 which is filled with hard packed debris. The offering room on the east side of 3030 and also the space between it and 3011 is now exposed, and the plan here is now as follows:

[Illustration not included]

Shafts A and B and the serdab of 3012 being cleared of sand and limestone debris.
A fine day, but with a cold north wind. Bechari made a photograph C24 of shaft of . The door to the burial chamber is sealed with rubble. In sides of the shafts are seen the holes left by the workmen who made it to facilitate their ascent and descent.
Photograph C25 is a view looking north over 3010, 3011, 3020. At left is 303[0?].

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Details

  • Classification
    Documentation-Expedition diary pages
  • Department
    University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
  • Credit Line
    University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
  • Display Page Dates
    Modern
  • Display Page Dates
    02/11/1915
  • Author
    Clarence Stanley Fisher, American, 1876–1941
  • Mentioned on page
    Bishari Mahfud (expedition photographer)

Tombs and Monuments 6

  • G 3001

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 3010

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 3011

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 3012

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 3020

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 3030

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

People 2

Modern People