Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 30, no. 180 (August 1932), pp. 56-60, "The Bed Canopy of the Mother of Cheops"

Ancient People

• Hetepheres I (G 7000 X)

  • Type Individual - Ancient
  • 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.

Modern People

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  Alfred Lucas

  • Type Individual - Modern
  • Nationality & Dates British, 1867–1945
  • Remarks Chemist. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.
• Bernard Rice

  • Type Individual - Modern
  • Nationality & Dates
  • Remarks A primary participant in the reconstruction of the Hetepheres I bed canopy from G 7000 X. cf. Reisner, George A. "The Bed Canopy of the Mother of Cheops." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 30, no. 180 (August 1932), p. 57.
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  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.
• W. A. Stewart

  • Type Individual - Modern
  • Nationality & Dates
  • Remarks Conservator who assisted with objects from G 7000 X, Hetepheres, at Harvard Camp, Giza.

• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

  • Type Publisher