Digital Giza | Lepsius 66

Excavator

(Karl) Richard Lepsius, German, 1810–1884
Lepsius No

L.66

LG 66
PorterMoss Date

Dynasty 5-6
Site Type

Rock-cut tomb
Shafts

chapel; shafts not reported
Remarks

Rock-cut tomb south of Cheops causeway, well northeast of G 7510, close beside Lepsius 65 on south. Doorway facing NNE.

Porter, Bertha, and Rosalind L.B. Moss. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings 3: Memphis (Abû Rawâsh to Dahshûr). Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1931. 2nd edition. 3: Memphis, Part 1 (Abû Rawâsh to Abûsîr), revised and augmented by Jaromír Málek. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1974.
- Date: 1974

A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix P: Cemetery G 7000: Part 2, page 428a
- ID: HUMFA_GN3_M03_p428a
A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix P: Cemetery G 7000: Part 2, page 430
- ID: HUMFA_GN3_M03_p430
A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix P: Cemetery G 7000: Part 2, page 491a
- ID: HUMFA_GN3_M03_p491a
A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix P: Cemetery G 7000: Part 2, page Contents 12
- ID: HUMFA_GN3_M03_Contents12

Lepsius, Denkmaeler Text 1, p. 88.

Porter, Bertha, and Rosalind L.B. Moss. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings 3: Memphis (Abû Rawâsh to Dahshûr). Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1931. 2nd edition. 3: Memphis, Part 1 (Abû Rawâsh to Abûsîr), revised and augmented by Jaromír Málek. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1974, p. 210, plan 18.

Reisner, unpublished manuscript, Box M 3, Description of Cemetery G 7000, p. 430.

Modern People

(Karl) Richard Lepsius
- Type Excavator
- Nationality & Dates German, 1810–1884
- Remarks Egyptologist. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.