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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- Documentation-Unpublished manuscripts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_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_B8519_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7000 X
Description: G 7000 X, Hetepheres I, pottery: three bowls (fragmentary, mended): top row: 1084(6) (= Cairo JE 67631); bottom row: 1071(53) (= Cairo JE 67632), 1074(20) (= Cairo JE 67633)
ID: HUMFA_B8520_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7000 X
Description: G 7000 X, Hetepheres I, pottery: five bowl covers: top row: 1172(100) (= 34-4-43 = MFA 37.2712), 1702 (= 34-4-44 = MFA 37.2707), [pit] 6 (= 34-4-42 = Cairo JE 67638); middle row: 675(76) (= 34-4-45 = Cairo JE 67639), 1071(50) (= 34-4-47 = MFA 37.2708); two bowls with tubular spouts: bottom row: 1036(4) (= 34-4-35 = MFA 37.2683), 1047(43) (= 34-4-32 = Cairo JE 67640)
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