Digital Giza | Wadi Cemetery (GW)

Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem): Site: Giza; View: GW 1, GW 2, GW 3, GW 4, GW 5, GW 6, GW 7, GW 8, GW 9, GW 10, GW 12, GW 13, GW 14

Excavator

George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
Reisner Date

Late Dynasty 3 or Dynasty 4
Remarks

Reisner cleared old (4th dynasty?) dump material, perhaps from construction G 2000, from the wadi cemetery north of G 2000 with 75 men from December 9, 1903 to January 13, 1904. After excavating about 80 mudbrick tombs with little value, he selected this area to dump all the material cleared from the NW corner of the Western Cemetery.

Wadi Cemetery (GW): offering basin of Ikhi
- ID HUMFA_EG022342
Wadi Cemetery: offering basin of Merynetjertety
- ID HUMFA_EG022318

Manuelian, Peter Der. "On the Early History of Giza: The 'Lost' Wadi Cemetery (Giza Archives Gleanings, III)." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 95 (2009), pp. 105-140.
- Date: 2009

A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 09: Service Equipment of the Chapel: Statues, Offering Basins and Vessels, Page 065
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K01_ChapIX_p065
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 09: Service Equipment of the Chapel: Statues, Offering Basins and Vessels, Page 065 (alternate version)
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K02_ChapIX_p065
A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix K: Cemetery G 1600, page note 20
- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L10_note_020

Giza Volume I (p.21-24) and Records of the Past.Volume.IV.Part.V.May.1905.

Manuelian, Peter Der. "On the Early History of Giza: The 'Lost' Wadi Cemetery (Giza Archives Gleanings, III)." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 95 (2009), pp. 105-140.

Modern People

George Andrew Reisner
- Type Excavator
- 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.