Description
Selim Hassan on behalf of the Egyptian University excavated the zone south of the causeway of Khephren and his pyramid. They discovered 25 tombs. The archive contains the manuscripts of 7 tombs from tomb no.1 to Tomb no.7.
Excavation team:
Staff: Anwar Shukry assistant.
Fawzi Ibrahim architect.
Mahmoud Emam and Ahmed Sidky draftsmen.
Daktor Ahmed Hassan, photographer.
Reis Saddik Said in charge of the laboring staff.
Location
Giza
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Giza Necropolis
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Central Field
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Tomb No.1 ,Tomb No.2 ,Tomb No.3,Tomb No.4 ,Tomb No.5,Tomb No.6,Tomb No.7,Tomb No.8,Tomb of Akh- Re.
References
Hassan, Selim. Excavations at Gîza VII: 1935-1936. The Mastabas of the Seventh Season and their Description. Cairo: Government Press, 1953.
Hassan, Selim. “Selim Hassan. His Writings and Excavations.” Compiled by Dia' Abou-Ghazi. Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Egypte 58 (1964), pp. 61–84.
Porter, Bertha, and Rosalind L.B. Moss. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings 3: Memphis (Abû Rawâsh to Dahshûr). Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1931. 2nd edition. 3: Memphis, Part 1 (Abû Rawâsh to Abûsîr), revised and augmented by Jaromír Málek. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1974.
Notes
Tomb No. 1 - North east of the mastaba of Memi,
Tomb No.2 - West of the mastaba of Memi and south of tomb No.6,
Tomb No.3 - South of tomb no.6,
Tomb No.4 -south of tomb no.6,
Tomb No.5-opposite of the south- western corner of tomb no 6,
Tomb No.6/south of Iwn Mn mastaba