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Menkaure Pyramid Complex: Site: Giza; View: Menkaure valley temple

Menkaure valley temple, S magazines, room III 3, unfinished gneiss seated statuette (1908) no. 14 (= published no. 26 = 08-7-8 = MFA 11.730) in situ, looking NW

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_C564_NS
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Subjects
    Menkaure Pyramid Complex: Site: Giza; View: Menkaure valley temple
  • Date
    07/14/1908
  • Problems/Questions
    VERIFIED: identification verified; registration number based on publication p. 112 (no registration records from this date); MFA accession number verified
  • Photographer
    Said Ahmed Said [Diraz] (Reis)

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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.