Selim Hassan (excavations in the 1930s)

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Egyptian archaeologist person

Selim Hassan was a prominent 20th-century Egyptian archaeologist known for his extensive excavations at Giza and major contributions to the study of Old Kingdom monuments.

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Selim Hassan (excavations in the 1930s) canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Egyptian archaeologist ⓘ person ⓘ
activeInPeriod	1930s ⓘ first half of the 20th century ⓘ
associatedWith	Egyptian Museum in Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ Giza pyramids area NERFINISHED ⓘ
contributedTo	documentation of Old Kingdom art and architecture ⓘ understanding of the social history of Old Kingdom elites ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Egypt ⓘ
educatedAt	Egyptian University (Cairo University) NERFINISHED ⓘ Humboldt University of Berlin ⓘ surface form: University of Berlin Vienna University NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer	Cairo University NERFINISHED ⓘ Egyptian Antiquities Service NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName	Hassan NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Egyptology ⓘ archaeology of the Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Selim NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	later generations of Egyptian Egyptologists ⓘ
knownFor	contributions to the study of Old Kingdom monuments ⓘ documentation of mastaba tombs ⓘ systematic excavations of Old Kingdom tombs at Giza ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Arabic ⓘ English ⓘ
name	Selim Hassan NERFINISHED ⓘ
nationality	Egyptian ⓘ
notableAchievement	helped establish scientific standards for Egyptian field archaeology ⓘ produced detailed plans and descriptions of Giza tombs ⓘ recorded inscriptions and reliefs from Old Kingdom monuments ⓘ
notablePublication	Excavations at Gîza, Volume I NERFINISHED ⓘ Excavations at Gîza, Volume II NERFINISHED ⓘ Excavations at Gîza, Volume III NERFINISHED ⓘ Excavations at Gîza, subsequent volumes NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	Excavations at Gîza (multi-volume publication) NERFINISHED ⓘ excavations at Giza ⓘ
occupation	archaeologist ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	inspector in the Egyptian Antiquities Service ⓘ professor of Egyptology at Cairo University ⓘ
researchFocus	Giza necropolis NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Kingdom royal and private tombs ⓘ funerary architecture of the Old Kingdom ⓘ
workLocation	Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ Giza Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Khentkaus I → discoveredBy → Selim Hassan (excavations in the 1930s) ⓘ