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The Tomb of Meresankh III Eshaq, Rania

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The mastaba-tomb of Meresankh III (G7530/7540) in the Eastern Cemetery at Giza was excavated by George Andrew Reisner of the Harvard University Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expedition in 1927 and was subsequently published by Dows Dunham and William Kelly Simpson in 1974. The mastaba consists of two sections, an upper mastaba (G7530/7540) and a lower rock-cut tomb (G7530sub). The mastaba and rockcut tomb are generally dated to the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom.

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Title
The Tomb of Meresankh III
Creator
Eshaq, Rania
Contributor
Database of Religious History (DRH)
Publisher
Database of Religious History (DRH)
Date Issued
2021-05-31
Description
The mastaba-tomb of Meresankh III (G7530/7540) in the Eastern Cemetery at Giza was excavated by George Andrew Reisner of the Harvard University Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expedition in 1927 and was subsequently published by Dows Dunham and William Kelly Simpson in 1974. The mastaba consists of two sections, an upper mastaba (G7530/7540) and a lower rock-cut tomb (G7530sub). The mastaba and rockcut tomb are generally dated to the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom.
Subject
Archaeological monument; Tomb; Religious Group; Egyptian Religions; Religious Place
Genre
Other
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2021-08-25
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0401714
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/79442
Affiliation
Non UBC
Citation
Rania Eshaq. (2021). The Tomb of Meresankh III. Database of Religious History, Vancouver, BC: University of British Columbia.
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Other
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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