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Location:

  • Egypt, Nazlat as Sammān
  • geo:29.97765,31.137751
  • Exact location

Period or year:

  • -2500~ / unknown

Class:

  • Grave or burial field
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=70102

Annotations

The double-mastaba of Meresankh [Mersyankh] III  (the grand-daughter of Kheops-Khufu c.2600-2555 BC, and wife of Khephren-Khafre c.2548-2522 BC.) in the eastern necropolis of Giza was discovered on 23 April 1927 by George Andrew Reisner. It contains a surface mastaba, a stone built chapel and a funerary chamber.

See:

  1. The mastaba of Meresankh III (G7530/7540) in the Eastern Cemetery at Giza.  By Laurel Flentye       https://gizamedia.rc.fas.harvard.edu/images/MFA-images/Giza/GizaImage/full/library/flentye_bem_3_2006.pdf   

Relevant museums

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Antikensammlung und Münzkabinett

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Antikensammlung und Münzkabinett

München, Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst

München, Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst

Barcelona, Museu Egipci

Egyptological museum

Paris, Louvre

Paris, Louvre

Allard Pierson Museum

Het Allard Pierson Museum is het archeologisch museum van de Universiteit van Amsterdam.

Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

The national archaeological museum of the Netherlands, located in Leiden

Stockholm, Medelhavsmuseet

Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities


Nearby

Khafraankh's Tomb

G7948 (LG75) Khafraankh Rock Cut Tomb

Giza, Pyramid of Queen Meritetis I

G1-b Pyramid -Queen Meritetis I

Giza, Pit of the ship of Khufu (Cheops)

Giza, Pit of the ship of Khufu (Cheops)


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