Description
During the short season of the excavation Selim Hassan aimed to clear the mounds of debris encumbered to the eastern and southern faces of the great pyramid. They discovered some inscribed fragments proofing that the royal funerary monuments of the early Fourth Dynasty were inscribed. The archive contains plans of Khufu Funerary Complex, and photographs for the site and clearance of the solar boat.
Excavation team:
Shafik Farid, assistant.
Ahmed Daktor, photographer.
Diggers under the control of Saddik Silaik.
Location
Giza
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Giza Necropolis
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Funerary Complex of Khufu
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References
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.