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Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem): Site: Giza; View: GW 68, GW 72, GW 73, GW 74

Wadi Cemetery: GW 74 (foreground center), GW 73 (foreground left), GW 72 (middle ground left), offering basin in situ in front of niche in E face of GW 72, GW 68 (middle ground right), looking N

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_C11032_OS
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Subjects
    Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem): Site: Giza; View: GW 68, GW 72, GW 73, GW 74
  • Date
    September 1904
  • Problems/Questions
    view from S changed to looking N; original photo register entry read "GW 72-73"; 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 4

  • GW 68

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

  • GW 72

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

  • GW 73

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

  • GW 74

    • 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.