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Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem): Site: Giza; View: GW 20, GW 27, GW 29, GW 30, GW 31, GW 46, GW 47, GW 48, GW 49

Wadi Cemetery: GW 30 (middle ground center), NW corner of GW 20 (foreground left), top of GW 27 (foreground right), GW 29 (middle ground right, N of GW 30), portion of GW 31 (background left), GW 47 and GW 46 (background center, W of GW 30, GW 46 W of GW 47), GW 48 and GW 49 (background right, W of GW 29, GW 49 W of GW 48), looking WSW

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_C10992_OS
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Subjects
    Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem): Site: Giza; View: GW 20, GW 27, GW 29, GW 30, GW 31, GW 46, GW 47, GW 48, GW 49
  • Date
    September 1904
  • Problems/Questions
    view from E changed to looking WSW; description expanded to include specific tomb numbers based on comparison with other photos of area
  • Photographer
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942

Tombs and Monuments 9

  • GW 20

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

  • GW 27

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

  • GW 29

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

  • GW 30

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

  • GW 31

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

  • 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)

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.