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Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem): Site: Giza; View: GW 20, GW 22, GW 23, GW 24, GW 26, GW 27, GW 28, GW 29

Wadi Cemetery: GW 20 and GW 22 (foreground center and left), GW 23 (foreground right, at SE corner of GW 24), GW 28 and portion of GW 29 (middle ground left), GW 27 (middle ground center left, abutting S end of GW 26) and GW 26 (middle ground center), GW 24 (middle ground right), looking N

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_C10986_OS
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Subjects
    Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem): Site: Giza; View: GW 20, GW 22, GW 23, GW 24, GW 26, GW 27, GW 28, GW 29
  • Date
    September 1904
  • Problems/Questions
    view from S changed to looking N; original photo register entry read "GW 25-26"; description altered to include other tomb numbers based on wood markers visible in image and comparison with other photos of area, no marker for GW 25 visible in image (GW 25 abutts E face of GW 24 and is not visible in image)
  • Photographer
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942

Tombs and Monuments 8

  • GW 20

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

  • GW 22

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

  • GW 23

    • 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 28

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

  • GW 29

    • 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.