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Menkaure Pyramid Complex: Site: Giza; View: Menkaure pyramid temple

Menkaure pyramid temple, room J4 (= room 36), debris, looking N, door of J3 (= anteroom 26)

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_C332_NS
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Subjects
    Menkaure Pyramid Complex: Site: Giza; View: Menkaure pyramid temple
  • Date
    04/05/1907
  • Problems/Questions
    Problem; is this looking N FROM door of J3 (that would be more likely)
  • Photographer
    Said Ahmed Said [Diraz] (Reis)

Tombs and Monuments 1

People 1

Modern People

  • Said Ahmed Said [Diraz] (Reis)

    • Type Photographer
    • Nationality & Dates
    • Remarks Head Reis for the Harvard-MFA expedition, 1908–1926. In his "A History of the Giza Necropolis I," George A Reisner described Said Ahmed Said as "the most gifted foreman who ever worked for the expedition." Father of Mohammed Said Ahmed [Diraz] (Head Reis 1936–1939), Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz] (Translator), Ahmed Said Ahmed [Diraz]. Family name, Diraz, was supplied by Said Ahmed Said's grandsons in 2006.