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Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1210

Cemetery G 1200 (area E of G 1207): G 1210 A, contracted burial (skeleton), looking __ [photo sequence II]

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_C11306_OS
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Subjects
    Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1210
  • Date
    January 1905
  • Problems/Questions
    Problem: tomb identification unverified: cf. B8384, both C11306 and B8384 identified as G 1210 A in photo register, but burial photographed in C11306 was excavated in 1905 (photo date January 1905) and is not a photograph of bones registered as 35-4-6 (attributed to G 1204 A) excavated in 1935 shown in B8384 (photo date 1/12/1935)
  • Photographer
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 1210

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

People 1

Modern People

  • George Andrew Reisner

    • Type Photographer
    • 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.