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Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem): Site: Giza; View: GW 54, GW 55, GW 56, GW 57, GW 58, GW 59, GW 61, GW 62, GW 63

Wadi Cemetery: GW 54 (foreground center, only SW corner visible), GW 56 (foreground left), GW 55 (middle ground right), GW 57 (middle ground center), GW 58 and GW 59 (middle ground left, S of GW 57), GW 61, GW 62, GW 63 (background right), looking WSW

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_C11016P_OS
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Subjects
    Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem): Site: Giza; View: GW 54, GW 55, GW 56, GW 57, GW 58, GW 59, GW 61, GW 62, GW 63
  • Date
    September 1904
  • Problems/Questions
    view from NE changed to looking WSW; original photo register entry read "GW 57-58"; 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 9

  • GW 54

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

  • GW 55

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

  • GW 56

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

  • GW 57

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

  • GW 58

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

  • GW 59

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

  • GW 61

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

  • GW 62

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

  • GW 63

    • 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.