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Menkaure quarry cemetery: MQ 3, N chamber = MQ 5, roof of serdab, looking S

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_C225_NS
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Subjects
    Menkaure Quarry Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: MQ 3, MQ 5
  • Date
    1907
  • Problems/Questions
    GM corrected to read MQ
  • Photographer
    Said Ahmed Said [Diraz] (Reis)

Tombs and Monuments 3

  • MQ 3

    • Site Name Menkaure Quarry Cemetery
  • MQ 5

    • Site Name Menkaure Quarry Cemetery
  • Menkaure Quarry

    • Site Name Menkaure Quarry Cemetery

People 1

Modern People

  • Said Ahmed Said [Diraz] (Reis)

    • Type Photographer
    • Nationality & Dates
    • Remarks Head Reis for the Harvard-MFA expedition, 1908–1926. In his "A History of the Giza Necropolis I," George A Reisner described Said Ahmed Said as "the most gifted foreman who ever worked for the expedition." Father of Mohammed Said Ahmed [Diraz] (Head Reis 1936–1939), Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz] (Translator), Ahmed Said Ahmed [Diraz]. Family name, Diraz, was supplied by Said Ahmed Said's grandsons in 2006.