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*Original paper documents for Chapter 11 are in archival boxes K04 and K05 in the Egyptian Section archives of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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- Classification
- Documentation-Unpublished manuscripts
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- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Date
- about 1934–1942
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- Mentioned on page
- Hetepheres I (G 7000 X)
- Menkaure
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- Author
- George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Menkaure Pyramid Complex
Ancient People
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- Type Mentioned on page
- Remarks Wife of King Snefru, founder of Egypt’s Fourth Dynasty, and mother of King Khufu, builder of the Great Pyramid. Her burial was hidden in a secret chamber (labeled G 7000 X) nearly 90 feet underground, and contained beautiful pieces of gilded and inlaid wooden furniture, silver jewelry, and a large alabaster sarcophagus that was found to be mysteriously empty.
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- Type Mentioned on page
- Remarks Fifth king of Dynasty 4. Son of Khafre. Husband of Khamerernebti II. Builder of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Known two thousand years later by the Greeks as King Mycerinus.
Modern People
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- Type Author
- 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.
ID: HUMFA_B8841_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7000 X
Description: G 7000 X, Hetepheres I, pottery: top row: [stack of two] 1233(987) (= Cairo JE 67647) + 1424(30) (= Cairo JE 67648), [stack of four] 1424(8) + 1420(100) + 1068(4) (= Cairo JE 67649) + 1424(5) (= MFA 47.1741), 675(19) (= MFA 47.1773), 675(127) (= MFA 47.1774); second row: 626 (= MFA 47.1737), [stack of two] 1468(30) + 1098(9) (= MFA 47.1735), 1068(202) (= MFA 37.2648), 1428(3) (= Cairo JE 67650), 1199(40) (= Cairo JE 67651), 1429(43) (= MFA 47.1739), 1036(17) (= MFA 47.1738); third row: [stack of two] 1424(72) + 1490(113), [stack of three] 675(67) + 1199(60) (= Cairo JE 67652) + 1424(11) (= Cairo JE 67653), [stack of four] 1200(19) (= Cairo JE 67654) + 678(7) (= Cairo JE 67655) + 1172(201) (= Cairo JE 67656) + 1465(38) (= Cairo JE 67657), 1472(166) (= MFA 47.2100, pan), 678(1) (= Cairo JE 67710), 1073(255) (= 34-4-95); fourth row: 1066(7) (= MFA 47.1771), 675(165) (= Cairo JE 67662), 1255 (= MFA 47.1777, bag-shaped jar), [pit] 10 (= MFA 37.2737), 675(95) (= MFA 47.1772), 1021(86) (= MFA 47.1740); bottom row: 1095(9) (= 34-4-30 = MFA 37.2680, bowl), 1187(38) (= 34-4-29 = MFA 37.2682, bowl)
ID: HUMFA_B8762_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7000 X
Description: G 7000 X, Hetepheres I, pottery (fragmentary, mended, incomplete): top row: three covers: 682(72) (= Cairo JE 67642), 1300(9) (= 34-4-49 = Cairo JE 67641), [pit] 7 (= 34-4-52); middle and bottom rows: three bowls and one cover: 1172(97) (= MFA 47.1725), 1022(6) (= MFA 37.2709, cover), 1021(67) (= MFA 47.1728), 1066(31) (= Cairo JE 67643)
ID: HUMFA_B8764_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7000 X
Description: G 7000 X, Hetepheres I, pottery: nine bowls and one dish (fragmentary, mended, incomplete): top row: 1068(48) (= MFA 47.1727), 1066(30) + 1073(91) (= MFA 47.1775), 1713 (= MFA 37.2690); middle row: [pit] 3, 1050(8) (= Cairo JE 67634), [pit] 4, 676(18) (= Cairo JE 67636); bottom row: 1420(7) (= Cairo JE 67637), ____, [pit] 5 (= Cairo JE 67635)
ID: HUMFA_C13435_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7000 X
Description: G 7000 X, Hetepheres I, pottery: thirty-four small dishes and bowls (some complete, some broken and mended): top row: 1191(17), 1172(20), [stack of two] 1414(18) + 1424(41) (= 34-4-86 = MFA 37.2670), [stack of two] 1285(4) + 888(7) (= 34-4-81 = MFA 37.2699), 675(156); second row: [stack of two] 678 + 1177 (= MFA 37.2675), [stack of two] 1191 + 1022(13), [stack of two] 1078(72) (= MFA 37.2666) + 1073(36) (= MFA 37.2667), [stack of two] 1210 + 1019(12), [stack of two] 1165 + 1402; third row: [stack of two] 1472(103) + 1176, [stack of two] 1427 + 1097, 1172(175), [stack of two] 1078(71) + 1064, [stack of two] 1468(15) (= MFA 47.1736) + 1466 (= 34-4-82); bottom row: [stack of two] 1290 + 1426, 1703 (= 34-4-83 = Cairo JE 67680), 1704(3) (= MFA 37.2700), [stack of two] 1189(54) + 1172(104) (= MFA 37.2673), [stack of two] 1424(98) + 642
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