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A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix N: Cemetery G 4000, page 001

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*The original, paper version of this page in “Appendix N: Cemetery G 4000” can be found in archival box L13 in the Egyptian Section archives of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Details

  • Classification
    Documentation-Unpublished manuscripts
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Date
    about 1934—1942
  • Mentioned on page
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
    Hemiunu (G 4000)
    Khufu
  • Author
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942

Tombs and Monuments 22

  • G 4000

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 4140

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 4150

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 4160

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 4250

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 4260

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 4310

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 4320

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 4330

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 4350

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 4360

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 4650

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 4660

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 4710

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 4740

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 4750

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 4760

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 4820

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 4830

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 4840

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 4850

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 4860

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

People 4

Ancient People

  • Hemiunu (G 4000)

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Remarks Owner of G 4000. Probable son of Nefermaat (owner of tomb at Meidum), probable grandson of Snefru. Architectural elements, including chapel entrance lintel (Hildesheim 2380) and door jamb (Hildesheim 2146), inscribed for Hemiunu, identified as [jrj-pat HAtj-a xtmw-bjtj] hereditary prince, count, sealer of the king of Lower Egypt; door jamb found in situ in G 4000. Seated statue (Hildesheim 1962) inscribed for Hemiunu, identified as [sA nswt n XT=f tAjtj sAb TAtj wr djw pr-DHwtj] king's son of his body, chief justice and vizier, greatest of the five of the House of Thoth; found in situ in G 4000 serdab behind north niche.

  • Khufu

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Remarks Second king of Dynasty 4, son of Snefru. Builder of the Great Pyramid at Giza, the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still standing. Known two thousand years later by the Greeks as King Cheops. Horus name: [mDdw] Medjedu. Full birth-name: Khnum-Khufu.

Modern People

  • George Andrew Reisner

    • 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.

  • Hermann Junker

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Nationality & Dates German, 1877–1962
    • Remarks Egyptologist, Director of German-Austrian expedition to Giza, 1911–1929. Published 12 volumes of final excavation reports from Giza expedition. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.