George Reisner excavated 77 tombs in the Wadi Cemetery at Giza in 1904, recording 243 photographs while leaving much of the site partly explored. The tombs lay beneath a dump associated with Khufu's pyramid works and are broadly dated to the late Third or early Fourth Dynasty—a range that includes Khufu's reign. The video argues that some burials may predate Khufu and that Reisner saw Giza as a secondary necropolis to Meidum, Dashur and Saqqara. The evidence does not establish all 77 tombs as pre-Khufu.
Reisner Excavated 77 Tombs at Giza's Wadi Cemetery in 1904
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Key facts
- George Reisner directed the 1904 excavation of the Wadi Cemetery at Giza; the campaign produced 243 photographs, although excavation work was limited.
- The tombs are broadly dated to the late Third or early Fourth Dynasty. Since Khufu was an early Fourth-Dynasty ruler, this does not establish all 77 tombs as pre-Khufu.
- The overlying dump is associated with Khufu's pyramid works; its date dates the debris, not necessarily every burial beneath it.
- The video argues that some burials may predate Khufu and attributes to Reisner the view that Giza was a secondary necropolis to Meidum, Dashur and Saqqara.
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The Phoebe A. Hearst Expedition to Naga ed-Deir ...opencontext.org
Artifacts attributed to the cemeteries' excavation under George Reisner and Arthur C. Mace.
The Giza Archivesgizapyramids.org
George Reisner also gave the number GW 1 for a grave "in trial pit in path of upper dump heap" with burial excavated in January 1904 (exact location unknown).
George Reisnerharvardmagazine.com
By the end of his career, he had dug 23 archaeological sites in Egypt and Sudan, revealing intricate gold jewelry, colossal statues, unique ...
Excavations at Kerma: Subsidiary Nubian Graves ...books.google.com
This volume includes the subsidiary Nubian graves excavated by George Reisner in 1915-16, not included in Kerma I-III and IV-V.
GW 45 - Digital Gizagiza.fas.harvard.edu
Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem). Tombs and Monumentscatalog. Jump to ... George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942. Site Type: Mud-brick mastaba ...
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