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Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem): Site: Giza; View: GW 34, GW 42, GW 43, GW 44, GW 45, GW 46, GW 59, GW 60

Wadi Cemetery: GW 45 (foreground left, at N end of GW 34), GW 46 (foreground right), GW 44 (middle ground center right), GW 59 and GW 60 (background right), GW 42 and GW 43 (background center), looking SW

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_C11000_OS
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Subjects
    Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem): Site: Giza; View: GW 34, GW 42, GW 43, GW 44, GW 45, GW 46, GW 59, GW 60
  • Date
    September 1904
  • Problems/Questions
    view from NE changed to looking SW; original photo register entry read "GW 42-45"; 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 8

  • GW 34

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

  • GW 42

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

  • GW 43

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

  • GW 44

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

  • GW 45

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

  • GW 46

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

  • GW 59

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

  • GW 60

    • 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.