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Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem): Site: Giza; View: GW 68, GW 69, GW 70, GW 71, GW 72, GW 77

Wadi Cemetery: GW 69 (middle ground center), GW 68 (background left), GW 70 and GW 71 (background center right, W of GW 69), GW 72 and GW 77 (far background center, only wood markers visible), top of unnumbered tomb (foreground right), looking W

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_C11028_OS
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Subjects
    Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem): Site: Giza; View: GW 68, GW 69, GW 70, GW 71, GW 72, GW 77
  • Date
    September 1904
  • Problems/Questions
    view from E changed to looking W; original photo register entry read "GW 69"; description altered to include specific 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 6

  • GW 68

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

  • GW 69

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

  • GW 70

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

  • GW 71

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

  • GW 72

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

  • GW 77

    • 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.