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A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, [Chapter 17: Analytic Overview of] Cemetery G 1000–1600: [Part] 7: Chronology of Cemetery G 1000–1600, page [Part] VII 076

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*The original, paper version of this page in “[Chapter 17: Analytic Overview of] Cemetery G 1000–1600” can be found in archival box L02 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    Documentation-Unpublished manuscripts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
    Kaemah (G 1223)
    Khufu
  • Author
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942

Tombs and Monuments 25

  • Cemetery G 1400

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • Cemetery G 1600

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 1206

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 1208

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 1209

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 1216

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 1221

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 1223

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 1227

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 1233

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 1234

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 1235

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 1310

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 1673

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 1677

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 1679

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 1683

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 1684

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 1685

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 1687

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 1688

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 1689

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 1692

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 1693

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 3000

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

People 3

Ancient People

  • Kaemah (G 1223)

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Remarks Owner of G 1223. Limestone slab stela (Cairo JE 37725 = CG 57128) inscribed for Kaemah, identified as [jmj-r sAw Sma wr mDw Sma sA nswt] overseer of the phyles of Upper Egypt, great one of the tens of Upper Egypt, king's son; found in situ on east face of G 1223.

  • 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.