Maps and plans: General Plan of Central Field
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- Excavator
- Selim Hassan (Bey), Egyptian, 1886–1961
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- Hassan No.
- Temple of Amenhetep II
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- Other No
- Temple of Hauron-Haremakhet
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- PorterMoss Date
- Sethos I to Amenophis II
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- Remarks
- Mud-brick Sphinx Temple of Amenhegtep II touches northwest corner of Sphinx Temple. Often called Temple of Hauron-Haremakhet. Excavated in 1936-1937 by Hassan.
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- EMC_JE_52483
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- EMC_JE_52484
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- EMC_JE_52485
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- EMC_JE_52486
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- EMC_JE_52487
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- EMC_JE_52488
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- EMC_JE_52489
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- EMC_JE_52490
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- EMC_JE_52491
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- EMC_TR_22.7.31.1
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- EMC_TR_22.7.31.2
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- EMC_TR_11.5.46.7
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- EMC_JE_87949
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- EMC_JE_56729
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- EMC_JE_56730
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- EMC_JE_56731
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- EMC_JE_52492
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Limestone door jamb of Thutmose IV
- EMC_JE_52493
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Limestone lintel of Amenhetep II
- EMC_JE_55301
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- GEM_18390
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- GEM_18614
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- EMC_JE_87823
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- EMC_JE_72262
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- GEM_18448
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Limestone stela of Hernefer and Merptah
- GEM_18444
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- GEM_18397
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- EMC_JE_72261
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- EMC_JE_72266
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- EMC_JE_72256
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- EMC_JE_56732
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- EMC_JE_56691
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- EMC_JE_56692
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- EMC_JE_56723
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- EMC_JE_56724
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- EMC_JE_56725
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- EMC_JE_56726
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- EMC_JE_56727
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- EMC_JE_56728
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- EMC_JE_56693
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- EMC_JE_56702
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- EMC_JE_56711
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- EMC_JE_56694
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- EMC_JE_56695
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- EMC_JE_56696
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- EMC_JE_56697
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- EMC_JE_56698
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- EMC_JE_56699
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- EMC_JE_56700
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- EMC_JE_56701
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- EMC_JE_56703
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- EMC_JE_56704
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- EMC_JE_56705
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- EMC_JE_56706
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- EMC_JE_56707
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- EMC_JE_56708
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- EMC_JE_56709
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- EMC_JE_56710
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- EMC_JE_56712
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- EMC_JE_56713
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- EMC_JE_56714
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- EMC_JE_56715
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- EMC_JE_56716
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- EMC_JE_56717
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- EMC_JE_56718
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- EMC_JE_56719
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- EMC_JE_56720
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- EMC_JE_56721
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- EMC_JE_56722
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- Diary page dates 01/28/1910; 01/29/1910; 01/30/1910
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- Diary page dates 02/09/1910; 02/10/1910; 02/11/1910; 02/13/1910
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Hassan, Selim. Excavations at Gîza 8: 1936-1937. The Great Sphinx and its Secrets. Historical Studies in the Light of the Recent Excavations. Cairo: Government Press, 1953, pp. 31-50, 53, 311, figs. 17, 22-23, 34, 63-64, 74-79, pls. 25-29, 38-39, 50, 68-69, plan on pl. 16.
Hassan, Selim. Excavations at Gîza 9: 1936-37-38. The Mastabas of the Eighth Season and their Description. Cairo: General Organisation for Government Printing Offices, 1960, pp. 4-5, folded plan, Y/Z-5/6.
Hassan, The Sphinx, pp. 35-42, 53-54, fig. 5-6, 38, 42.
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, pp. 39-40, plan 6.
Modern People
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- Type Excavator
- Nationality & Dates Egyptian, 1886–1961
- Remarks Egyptologist; Sub Director General. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology. (1886-1961) Egyptian Egyptologist; born Mit-Nagi, 15 April 1886, he studied at the Higher Teacher's College, Cairo under Kamal (q.v.); in 1912 he became a teacher and in 1921 obtained a post in the Egyptian Museum as assistant keeper; he studied in Paris 1923-7 at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes; he was the first Egyptian to be appointed as a Professor of Egyptology in the Universitv of Cairo, 1928 - 36; he was later made Deputy Director of the Egyptian Antiquities Service responsible for the care of all monuments in the Nile valley, 1936-39; Ph.D. Vienna University, 1935; stimulated by the archaeological work of P. E. Newberry (q.v.) and Junker (q.v.)he began an active career in excavations with the clearance of some of the Giza mastabas in 1929; the excavations carried on by him in this necropolis continued until 1939 by which time a great deal of digging had been achieved, published in 10 parts; he also cleared the Sphinx and its temple, for the first time completely digging out the great amphitheatre around it and ensuring that it would not be buried by send again so easily; he wrote a study on this work and on the temple of Amenhotep II here; in addition the so-called Fourth Pyramid or the palace-façade tomb of Queen Khent-kawes of the Fourth Dynasty was investigated and also the funerary town of the priests associated with it; he later worked on the Unas causeway at Saqqara and at the valley temple of this king, discovering some of the mastabas in this area and two great subterranean tombs dated to the Second Dynasty; his final excavations at Giza were carried out on the east and south faces of the Great Pyramid and at the mortuary temple of King Khufu, 1938-9; he also took part in the campaign to save the monments of Nubia, and wrote a report on this subject; he published about 53 books and articles on Egyptological subjects in English, French, and Arabic, Hymnes religieux du Moyen Empire, 1928; Le Poème dit de Pentaour et Le rapport officiel sur la bataiILe de Qadesh , 1929; Excavations at Giza, 10 pts., 1929-60; The Sphinx. Its History in the Light of recent Excavations, 1949; Report on the Monunents of Nubia,1955Excavations at Saqqara 1937-8, 3 vols., 1975; in Arabic Literature of Ancient Egpt, 2 vols.; Ancient Egypt from Prehistoric Times to the Age of Rameses 11, 6 vols.; he died in Giza, 30 Sept. 1961. AfO 20 (1963), 310 (H. Brunner); Archaeology 14, no, 4 (1961, 293; ASAE 58 (1964), 61- 84 (bibl.) (Dia Abou-Ghazi); Orientalia 31 (1962), 271; Goettinger Miszellen 76 (1984), 78-80; Reid, JAOS 105 (1985), 237, 241-44.
ID: HUMFA_EG019924
Subjects: Maps and plans: General Plan of Central Field
Description: General Plan of Central Field published in Selim Hassan, Giza 9.
ID: GEM_18390_001
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; View: Temple of Amenhetep II, G 9120
Description: Round-topped limestone stela, found in vicinity of the Sphinx (near Temple of Amenhetep II or G 9120): GEM_18390 (= SH_exc_1800 = EMC_JE_72267 = EMC_SR_3/10088)
ID: GEM_18397_001
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; View: Temple of Amenhetep II
Description: Limestone stela of Iuti, from Temple of Amenhotep II: GEM_18397 (= SH_exc_1720 = EMC_JE_72268 = EMC_SR_3/10089)
ID: GEM_18444_001
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; View: Temple of Amenhetep II
Description: Limestone stela of Hernefer and Merptah, from north of the Temple of Amenhetep II: GEM_18444 (= SH_exc_1931 = EMC_JE_72265 = EMC_SR_3/10087)
ID: GEM_18448_001
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; View: Temple of Amenhetep II
Description: Limestone stela of Haty, found southwest of the temple of Amenhetep II: GEM_18448 (= SH_exc_1874 = EMC_JE_72269 = EMC_SR_3/10090)
ID: GEM_18614_001
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; View: Temple of Amenhetep II
Description: Round-topped limestone stela from Temple of Amenhetep II: GEM_18614 (= SH_exc_1749 = EMC_JE_72272 = EMC_SR_3/10093)

ID: ASU_A5_004
Subjects: Sphinx Complex: Site: Giza; View: Sphinx
Description: Sphinx Complex, from W (rear) side, looking slightly N of E across back of Sphinx (far right) and Temple of Amenhetep II (right)
ID: ASU_A6_013
Subjects: Sphinx Complex: Site: Giza; View: Sphinx, Sphinx Temple, Khafre Valley Temple, Temple of Amenhetep II
Description: Sphinx complex, from N enclosure wall, looking S at Sphinx, with Sphinx Temple, Khafre Valley Temple, and Temple of Amenhetep II (left) and Southern Mount in background
ID: ASU_A6_014
Subjects: Sphinx Complex: Site: Giza; View: Sphinx, Sphinx Temple, Khafre Valley Temple, Temple of Amenhetep II
Description: Sphinx complex, from N enclosure wall, looking S at Sphinx (right) and Temple of Amenhetep II (foreground), with Sphinx Temple and Khafre Valley Temple (left) and Southern Mount in background
ID: ASU_A6_015
Subjects: Sphinx Complex: Site: Giza; View: Sphinx, Sphinx Temple, Khafre Valley Temple, Temple of Amenhetep II
Description: Sphinx complex, from N enclosure wall, looking S across Temple of Amenhetep II, with Sphinx (right), Sphinx Temple and Khafre Valley Temple (left) and Southern Mount in background
ID: ASU_A6_016
Subjects: Sphinx Complex: Site: Giza; View: Sphinx, Sphinx Temple, Khafre Valley Temple, Temple of Amenhetep II
Description: Sphinx complex, from N enclosure wall, looking S across Temple of Amenhetep II, with Sphinx (right), Sphinx Temple and Khafre Valley Temple (left) and Southern Mount in background
ID: ASU_A6_017
Subjects: Sphinx Complex: Site: Giza; View: Sphinx Temple, Khafre Valley Temple, Temple of Amenhetep II
Description: Sphinx complex, from N enclosure wall, looking S across Temple of Amenhetep II (foreground right), with Sphinx Temple and Khafre Valley Temple (left) and Southern Mount in background
ID: ASU_A11_002
Subjects: Sphinx Complex: Site: Giza; View: Sphinx
Description: Sphinx, front paws, from S side looking N, with Temple of Amenhetep II in background
ID: ASU_A11_007
Subjects: Sphinx Complex: Site: Giza; View: Sphinx, Temple of Amenhetep II
Description: Sphinx, front paws, and Temple of Amenhetep II, from Khafre Causeway, looking N
ID: ASU_A5_013
Subjects: Sphinx Complex: Site: Giza; View: Sphinx, Temple of Amenhetep II
Description: Sphinx Complex, from W (rear) side, with back of Sphinx (right), looking E toward Temple of Amenhetep II
ID: ASU_A11_020
Subjects: Sphinx Complex: Site: Giza; View: Temple of Amenhetep II
Description: Temple of Amenhetep II, from Khafre Causeway, looking E, with paws of Sphinx (left) and Sphinx Temple (right)
ID: ASU_A11_054
Subjects: Khafre Pyramid Complex and Sphinx Complex: Site: Giza; View: Sphinx, Sphinx Temple, Khafre Valley Temple, Temple of Amenhetep II
Description: Sphinx Complex, from road, looking SW, with Sphinx, Temple of Amenhetep II, Sphinx Temple, and Khafre Valley Temple, with Khafre Pyramid in background
ID: ASU_panorama_008
Subjects: Sphinx Complex: Site: Giza; View: Sphinx
Description: Panorama: Sphinx, with Temple of Amenhetep II, Khufu Pyramid, and Khafre Pyramid in background

ID: ASU_panorama_010
Subjects: Sphinx Complex: Site: Giza; View: Temple of Amenhetep II
Description: Panorama: Temple of Amenhetep II, with paws of Sphinx and W face of Sphinx Temple

ID: ASU_panorama_011
Subjects: Sphinx Complex: Site: Giza; View: Sphinx
Description: Panorama: Sphinx, with Temple of Amenhetep II and Khufu Pyramid in background

ID: ASU_A11_025
Subjects: Sphinx Complex: Site: Giza; View: Sphinx
Description: Sphinx, front portion, from Khafre Causeway, looking NE, with Temple of Amenhetep II in background
Subjects: Sphinx Complex: Site: Giza; View: Sphinx, Sphinx Temple
Description: Area to E of Sphinx Temple, looking W to Sphinx Temple and Sphinx, with Temple of Amenhetep II and pyramids in background
Subjects: Sphinx Complex: Site: Giza; View: Sphinx Temple, Sphinx, Temple of Amenhetep II
Description: Panorama: Sphinx Temple, Sphinx, and Temple of Amenhetep II, looking SW, with Khafre Pyramid in background
Subjects: Sphinx Complex: Site: Giza; View: Sphinx, Temple of Amenhetep II
Description: Sphinx and Temple of Amenhetep II, looking SW, with Khafre Pyramid in background
Subjects: Sphinx Complex: Site: Giza; View: Temple of Amenhetep II
Description: Temple of Amenhetep II, from NW looking roughly SE towards seating for Sound and Light show
Subjects: Sphinx Complex: Site: Giza; View: Sphinx Temple
Description: Sphinx Temple, from NW looking SW, with Temple of Amenhetep II (left) and Khafre Valley Temple (background, right)
Subjects: Khafre Pyramid Complex and Sphinx Complex: Site: Giza; View: Sphinx, Temple of Amenhetep II, Khafre Pyramid
Description: Sphinx Complex: Sphinx and Temple of Amenhetep II, looking W to Khafre Pyramid
Subjects: Maps and plans: General Plan of Central Field
Description: General Plan of Central Field published in Selim Hassan, Giza 9; annotated with Cemetery G 8000 and G 9000 numbers.

ID: HUMFA_EG019924_ann_searchable
Subjects: Maps and plans: General Plan of Central Field
Description: General Plan of Central Field published in Selim Hassan, Giza 9; annotated with Cemetery G 8000 and G 9000 numbers.
Subjects: Khafre Pyramid Complex and Sphinx Complex: Site: Giza; View: Muslim Cemetery, Sphinx, Temple of Amenhetep II, Khafre Valley Temple
Description: View from on top of Southern Mount, looking N across Muslim Cemetery at Sphinx, Temple of Amenhetep II, and Khafre Valley Temple, with Eastern Cemetery in the background
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