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Wadi Cemetery: GW 5 (foreground right), GW 6 (middle ground left), GW 12 (middle ground center, W of GW 6 and GW 7), GW 7 (middle ground center right), GW 8 (middle ground right), GW 14 (background center right, NW of GW 12), area of unidentified tombs (?) (background), looking W

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_B10791_OS
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Subjects
    Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem): Site: Giza; View: GW 5, GW 6, GW 7, GW 8, GW 12, GW 14
  • Date
    July 1904
  • Problems/Questions
    view from E changed to looking W; original photo register entry read "GW 5-14"; description altered to include specific tomb numbers based on wood markers visible in image and comparison of other photos of area
  • Photographer
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942

Tombs and Monuments 6

  • GW 12

    • Site Name Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem)
  • GW 14

    • Site Name Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem)
  • GW 5

    • Site Name Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem)
  • GW 6

    • Site Name Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem)
  • GW 7

    • Site Name Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem)
  • GW 8

    • 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.