Eastern Cemetery at Giza

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Old Kingdom cemetery archaeological site necropolis

The Eastern Cemetery at Giza is a major Old Kingdom necropolis adjacent to the Great Pyramid, containing mastabas and tombs of royal family members and high officials.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Giza Eastern Cemetery 1
Giza Necropolis (uncertain attribution) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Old Kingdom cemetery ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
necropolis ⓘ
adjacentTo Great Pyramid of Giza NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Fifth Dynasty of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fourth Dynasty of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
chronology later reuse in subsequent dynasties ⓘ
primarily 4th Dynasty ⓘ
contains mastabas ⓘ
rock-cut tombs ⓘ
shaft tombs ⓘ
tombs of high officials ⓘ
tombs of royal family members ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
culturalContext Ancient Egyptian religion NERFINISHED ⓘ
royal mortuary cult of Khufu NERFINISHED ⓘ
dedicatedTo burials connected to King Khufu’s family ⓘ
excavatedBy George Andrew Reisner NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSignificance Old Kingdom administration ⓘ
Old Kingdom funerary practices ⓘ
mastaba development ⓘ
royal family genealogy ⓘ
hasFeature burial shafts ⓘ
chapel superstructures ⓘ
false doors ⓘ
inscribed stelae ⓘ
offering rooms ⓘ
relief decoration ⓘ
serdabs ⓘ
hasMaterial limestone ⓘ
mudbrick superstructures ⓘ
hasOrientation east of the pyramid of Khufu ⓘ
heritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site component NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfInscriptions Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
locatedIn Giza NERFINISHED ⓘ
Giza Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ
Giza pyramid complex NERFINISHED ⓘ
near Central Field at Giza NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western Cemetery at Giza NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Giza Necropolis NERFINISHED ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site "Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur" NERFINISHED ⓘ
cemetery complex east of the Great Pyramid ⓘ
period Old Kingdom of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
researchedBy Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor administrative elite burials ⓘ
elite burials ⓘ
royal family burials ⓘ
writingSystemOfInscriptions hieroglyphs ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kawab → burialComplex → Eastern Cemetery at Giza ⓘ
Meresankh III → tombLocation → Eastern Cemetery at Giza ⓘ
Rekhetre → archaeologicalSite → Eastern Cemetery at Giza ⓘ
this entity surface form: Giza Eastern Cemetery
Djedefhor → burialPlace → Eastern Cemetery at Giza ⓘ
this entity surface form: Giza Necropolis (uncertain attribution)