Mark Lehner and Zahi Hawass date the Wadi Cemetery to the late Third or early Fourth Dynasty, around the start of Khufu’s reign, and argue that it may predate Khufu’s Western Cemetery. Reisner excavated 77 tombs there in 1903–1904, but the excavations were never fully published. The researchers interpret Giza as a secondary necropolis behind Saqqara, Meidum and Dahshur before Khufu’s pyramid and present evidence consistent with a pre-Khufu settlement.
Researchers argue Giza’s Wadi Cemetery may predate Khufu’s pyramid
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Key facts
- The Wadi Cemetery is dated to the late Third or early Fourth Dynasty, around the start of Khufu’s reign, and may be earlier.
- George Reisner excavated 77 tombs at the Wadi Cemetery in 1903–1904, but the excavations were never fully published.
- Mark Lehner and Zahi Hawass argue that the Wadi Cemetery may predate Khufu’s Western Cemetery.
- Lehner and Hawass interpret Giza as a secondary necropolis behind Saqqara, Meidum and Dahshur before Khufu’s pyramid project.
- The paper presents evidence consistent with a pre-Khufu settlement at Giza.
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