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Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem): Site: Giza; View: GW 54, GW 55, GW 57, GW 61, GW 64, GW 65, GW 67, GW 68

Wadi Cemetery: GW 54 (foreground center, wood marker not visible), GW 55 (middle ground center), GW 57 (middle ground left, S of GW 55, only N end visible), GW 65 (background right, NW of GW 55), GW 64 (background center, W of GW 55), GW 67 (background right, W of GW 65), GW 61 (background left, SW of GW 55), GW 68 (far background right, W of GW 67), looking W

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_C11014_OS
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Subjects
    Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem): Site: Giza; View: GW 54, GW 55, GW 57, GW 61, GW 64, GW 65, GW 67, GW 68
  • Date
    September 1904
  • Problems/Questions
    view from E changed to looking W; original photo register entry read "GW 55"; 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 8

  • 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)

  • GW 61

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

  • GW 64

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

  • GW 65

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

  • GW 67

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

  • GW 68

    • 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.