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Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem): Site: Giza; View: GW 46, GW 49, GW 51, GW 53, GW 54, GW 55, GW 56, GW 57

Wadi Cemetery: GW 49 (foreground right), GW 46 (foreground left, only tip of NW corner visible), GW 54 (middle ground center), GW 56 (middle ground left, only N end visible), GW 51 (middle ground right, only SW corner visible), GW 53 (background right), GW 55 (background center, W of GW 54), GW 57 (background left, W of GW 56), looking WNW

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_C11013_OS
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Subjects
    Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem): Site: Giza; View: GW 46, GW 49, GW 51, GW 53, GW 54, GW 55, GW 56, GW 57
  • Date
    September 1904
  • Problems/Questions
    view from SE changed to looking WNW; original photo register entry read "GW 54"; description altered to include specific tomb numbers based on wood markers visible in image and comparison with other photos of area, see C11001
  • Photographer
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942

Tombs and Monuments 7

  • GW 46

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

  • GW 49

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

  • GW 51

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

  • GW 53

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

  • GW 54

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

  • GW 55

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

  • GW 57

    • 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.