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Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem): Site: Giza; View: GW 36, GW 39, GW 40, GW 41

Wadi Cemetery: GW 41 (foreground right), GW 40 (middle ground center), GW 39 (background center left), looking SW over top of GW 36 (foreground left)

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_C10997_OS
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Subjects
    Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem): Site: Giza; View: GW 36, GW 39, GW 40, GW 41
  • Date
    September 1904
  • Problems/Questions
    view from NE changed to looking SW; original photo register entry read "GW 39-40"; description altered to include specific tomb numbers based on wood markers visible in image and comparison with other photos of area
  • Photographer
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942

Tombs and Monuments 4

  • GW 36

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

  • GW 39

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

  • GW 40

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

  • GW 41

    • 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.