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Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem): Site: Giza; View: GW 22, GW 24, GW 26, GW 27, GW 29, GW 30, GW 51, GW 52

Wadi Cemetery: GW 22 (foreground center), SW corner of GW 24 (foreground right), GW 27 (middle ground center, abutting S end of GW 26), GW 30 and GW 29 (background center and left, wood markers not visible), looking WNW to area of GW 51 and GW 52 (background center and center left)

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_C10982_OS
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Subjects
    Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem): Site: Giza; View: GW 22, GW 24, GW 26, GW 27, GW 29, GW 30, GW 51, GW 52
  • Date
    September 1904
  • Problems/Questions
    view from E changed to looking WNW; original photo register entry read "GW 22"; description altered to include other tomb numbers based on wood markers visible in image and comparison with other photos of area
  • Photographer
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942

Tombs and Monuments 8

  • GW 22

    • Site Name Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem)

  • GW 24

    • Site Name Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem)

  • GW 26

    • Site Name Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem)

  • GW 27

    • Site Name Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem)

  • GW 29

    • Site Name Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem)

  • GW 30

    • Site Name Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem)

  • GW 51

    • Site Name Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem)

  • GW 52

    • Site Name Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem)

People 1

Modern People

  • George Andrew Reisner

    • Type Photographer
    • 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.