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Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem): Site: Giza; View: GW 46, GW 47, GW 48, GW 49, GW 50, GW 51, GW 52, GW 53, GW 54

Wadi Cemetery: GW 46 (foreground center), GW 47 (foreground right), GW 54 (middle ground left), GW 49 (middle ground center), GW 48 (middle ground right), GW 50 (middle ground right, N of GW 48), GW 51 and GW 52 (background center, N of GW 49), GW 53 (background left, NW of GW 54), looking N

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_C11005_OS
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Subjects
    Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem): Site: Giza; View: GW 46, GW 47, GW 48, GW 49, GW 50, GW 51, GW 52, GW 53, GW 54
  • Date
    September 1904
  • Problems/Questions
    view from S changed to looking N; original photo register entry read "NW part", deleted from description; wood markers visible in image facing away from camera; description expanded to include specific tomb numbers based on comparison with other photos of area, see C11006, C11007
  • Photographer
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942

Tombs and Monuments 9

  • GW 46

    • Site Name Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem)

  • GW 47

    • Site Name Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem)

  • GW 48

    • Site Name Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem)

  • GW 49

    • Site Name Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem)

  • GW 50

    • Site Name Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem)

  • GW 51

    • Site Name Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem)

  • GW 52

    • Site Name Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem)

  • GW 53

    • Site Name Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem)

  • GW 54

    • Site Name Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem)

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.