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Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem): Site: Giza; View: GW 16, GW 19, GW 20, GW 22, GW 30, GW 31, GW 32, GW 33, GW 34, GW 35

Wadi Cemetery: GW 22 and GW 20 (foreground center, GW 20 S of GW 22), GW 30 (foreground right), unidentified tomb (?) (foreground left, E of GW 20), GW 19 (middle ground center left, S of GW 20), GW 31 and GW 32 (middle ground right, S of GW 30), GW 16 (background center left, S of GW 19), GW 33 (background center right, W of GW 16, S of GW 32), GW 34 and GW 35 (background right), meter stick marks top of earlier level (middle ground right, S of GW 30), looking S

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_C10391_OS
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Subjects
    Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem): Site: Giza; View: GW 16, GW 19, GW 20, GW 22, GW 30, GW 31, GW 32, GW 33, GW 34, GW 35
  • Date
    July 1904
  • Problems/Questions
    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 10

  • GW 16

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

  • GW 19

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

  • GW 20

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

  • GW 22

    • 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 32

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

  • GW 33

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

  • GW 34

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

  • GW 35

    • 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.