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George Reisner, Mohammed Abd, "Omdeh" of Ballas, Ahmed Shangal, "Omdeh" of Kela

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  • ID
    HUMFA_A11651_OS
  • Department
    Brooklyn Museum of Art
  • Subjects
    People & places: Site: Giza
  • Date
    1904
  • Remarks
    Despite the non-Giza-related individuals, this photo is surrounded by all Giza images in the Photo Registers numbering sequence; probably taken at the dig house at Deir el-Ballas
  • Photographer
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942

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  • 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.