Menkaure Pyramid Complex: Site: Giza; View: Menkaure pyramid temple
Menkaure pyramid temple, communal grave in room J1 (= pillared hall 27), mummy (J1-71), scarabs (07-2-85 = MFA 11.1125, 07-2-86 = MFA 11.1054), rectangular seal (07-2-87 = MFA 11.1068), and rectangular amulet (07-2-88 = MFA 11.970) in situ by hand
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- ID
- HUMFA_C348_NS
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- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Subjects
- Menkaure Pyramid Complex: Site: Giza; View: Menkaure pyramid temple
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- Date
- 04/13/1907
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- Problems/Questions
- VERIFIED: identifications verified (see publication p. 261); MFA accession numbers verified
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- Photographer
- Said Ahmed Said [Diraz] (Reis)
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- Site Name Menkaure Pyramid Complex
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- MFAB_11.970
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- MFAB_11.1054
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- MFAB_11.1125
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- MFAB_11.1068
Modern People
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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.