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Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1218

Cemetery G 1200: G 1218 X, burial chamber, sand and remains of decayed wood coffin, looking __

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_C11166_OS
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Subjects
    Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1218
  • Date
    February 1905
  • Remarks
    G 1218 A reused by later intrusive burial = G 1218 X (stone and brick floor with offering basin covers mouth of mud brick shaft which descends into G 1218 A).
  • Problems/Questions
    Problem: were there remains of a wood coffin in G 1218 X ? // no tomb ID in image
  • Photographer
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 1218

    • 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.