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'''George Andrew Reisner''' (November 5, 1867 - June 6, 1942) was an [[United States|American]] [[archaeology|archaeologist]], best known for his excavations of the [[Pyramids of Giza]] and other sites of [[Ancient Egypt]]. Through his expeditions, Reisner discovered thousands of historical treasures, including the [[tomb]]s of Queen [[Hetepheres]], the mother of pharaoh [[Khufu]] (Cheops) who built the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]].
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Among his numerous discoveries were [[papyrus|papyri]] evidencing [[mathematics|mathematical]] calculations and other data that provide insight into the significantly advanced [[civilization]] of ancient Egypt. Reisner was a methodical excavator who prided himself on the records he kept. His meticulous approach to archaeological excavations, keeping accurate records and preserving artifacts, laid a strong foundation for subsequent archaeological efforts that continued to advance human knowledge of this and other people from the past.
  
[[Image:Papyrus_reisner.jpg|thumb|George Reisner with ceramic vessel (March 29,1929)]]
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== Life==
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'''George Andrew Reisner''' was born on November 5, 1867, in [[Indianapolis]], [[Indiana]], to George Andrew Reisner and Mary Elizabeth Mason. His father's parents were of German descent. He received his undergraduate degree from [[Cambridge University]], graduating in the class of 1889, and went on to study at [[Harvard University]], where he received his Masters in 1891.
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In 1892, he married Mary Putnam Bronson and then left for an excavation in the [[Middle East]]. He received his Ph.D. in 1893, writing his dissertation on [[Semitic language]]s. At Harvard, he received a study grant to research [[cuneiform]] at the University in Göttingen, [[Germany]], where he studied under [[Egyptology|Egyptologist]] [[Adolf Erman]] (1845-1937), and later with Kurt Sethe (1869-1934) at the [[University of Berlin]]. Sethe taught Reisner [[hieroglyph]]s, supplementing his already extensive knowledge of [[Arabic]], cuneiform, and various other ancient languages. This training would prove invaluable when Reisner excavated archaeological sites in [[Egypt]].
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From 1897 to 1899, he worked in [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]], on the Catalogue General Project for the Egyptian Museum. After that he received funding for excavations in Egypt from [[Phoebe Apperson Hearst]], mother of [[newspaper]] publisher [[William Randolph Hearst]].
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In 1905, Reisner returned to Harvard to work as an assistant professor, a post he held until 1914. During this time, he led several important projects, including the archaeological survey of [[Nubia]] for the Egyptian government, 1907-1909, and directing the excavations of Samaria in [[Palestine]], 1908-1910. From 1910 to 1942, Reisner was Curator of Egyptian collections at the [[Boston Museum of Fine Arts]], and from 1914 to 1942, Reisner held the position as a Professor of Egyptology at Harvard. In addition, he explored the pyramids of [[Meroe]] and dug out the temple at [[Napata]].
  
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Even in his old age, despite suffering from progressive blindness, Reisner worked on dictating manuscripts. His daughter, Mary B. Reisner, who had learned from him at the digs, assisted him in his final articles.
  
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Reisner died in his sleep on June 6, 1942, in [[Giza]], Egypt, and is buried in the American cemetery in the Mari Girgis area of [[Cairo]]. Following his death, Reisner's Harvard camp was closed in 1947, and the Egyptian government awarded one half of the objects found by Reisner to the excavation sponsors—the Hearst Museum at [[University of California, Berkeley]], and the Museum of Fine Arts in [[Boston]].
  
'''George Andrew Reisner''' (November 5, 1867 - June 6, 1942) was an [[United States|American]] [[archaeologist]] of [[Ancient Egypt]]. He was best-known for his methodological excavations of pyramids and other Egyptian sites in the early 1900s. Through his expeditions, Reisner discovered thousands of historical treasures, including the tombs of ancient Egyptian royalty, papyri, and numerous other artifacts. He was famous for his meticulous approach to archaeological excavations, keeping accurate records, and the preservation of artifacts. As a result, he earned the reputation for being the "Father of Modern Scientific Archaeology."
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== Work ==
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George Reisner spent many years excavating archaeological sites in Egypt. The [[Hearst Expedition]] of the [[University of California]] funded his work for five years, from 1899 to 1905. During this time period, Reisner excavated the [[cemetery|cemeteries]] of [[Naga ed-Deir]], Egypt, as well as [[Quft]] and [[Deir el-Ballas]]. At these sites, Reisner began to formulate his own scientific approach to archaeological excavations, based on the methodological systems he had learned in Berlin. He developed a number of expedition record books and put an emphasis on field photography.
  
== Life==
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He recognized the need to model Giza in three dimensions, and prepared a model of the Third Pyramid to illustrate how it was built. The model remains in the Boston Museum of Science.
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[[File:Mastaba_schematics.svg|thumb|300 px|Schematic of Egyptian mastaba]]
  
'''George Andrew Reisner''' was born on November 5, 1867 in [[Indianapolis]], [[Indiana]] to George Andrew Reisner and Mary Elizabeth Mason. His father's parents were of German decent. George Reisner received his undergraduate degree at Cambridge University graduating in the class of 1889. Then he went on to study at [[Harvard University]] receiving his A.B. in 1889 and A.M. in 1891. In 1892 he married Mary Putnam Bronson and then left for an excavation in the Middle East. He received his Ph.D. in 1893 and wrote his dissertation on Semitic languages. His specialty was Assyriology and Semitic languages.At Harvard, he received a study grant to research cuneiform at the University in Göttingen where he studied under the egyptologist [[Adolf Erman]](1845-1937)and Kurt Sethe(1869-1934) in [[Berlin, Germany]]. Sethe taught Reisner hieroglyphs, that supplemented his already extensive knowledge of Arabic, Cuneiform and various other ancient modern languages. This training would prove invaluable as Reisner excavated archaeological sites in Egypt.  
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During this time he also explored [[mastaba]]s, flat-roofed, mud brick, rectangular buildings with sloping sides that marked the [[burial]] site of many eminent ancient Egyptians. Inside the mastaba, a deep chamber was dug into the ground and lined with stone or mud bricks. This was where the body would reside. When a mastaba was built for the burial of the Third Dynasty king [[Djoser]], the [[architecture|architect]] [[Imhotep]] enlarged the basic structure to be a square, then built a similar, but smaller, mastaba-like square on top of this, and added a fourth, fifth, and sixth square structure above that. The resulting building is the [[Pyramid of Djoser|Step Pyramid]], the first of the many pyramidal [[tomb]]s which succeeded it.
  
Even in his old age, despite suffering from progressive blindness, he worked on dictating manucripts. Reisner died in his sleep on June 6, 1942 in Giza, Egypt, and is buried in the American cemetery(protestant) in the Mari Girgis area of Cairo, Egypt. Following his death, Resiner's Harvard camp was closed in 1947 and the Egyptian government awarded one half of the objects found by Reisner to the excavation sponsor-the Hearst Museum at University of California, Berkeley, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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As part of the Hearst expedition work, Reisner also discovered what came to be known as the "Reisner Papyri." Dating back to the eighteen hundred B.C.E. periods, they contain one of the most basic [[mathematics|mathematical]] texts. The texts were later deciphered in [[Boston]]. The early publications showed that the scrolls were among the oldest Egyptian bureaucratic texts known, recording the mundane [[business]] details of construction projects, work in the royal dockyards, and [[agriculture]] in the royal fields. They showed evidence of mathematical knowledge, particularly remainder [[arithmetic]], carefully applied to the practical situation of building projects.
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[[Image:Sudan_Meroe_Pyramids_2001.JPG|right|300px|left|thumb|At Meroë, in the Sudan, crumbling pyramids recall the vanished glories of the Kushite kings, who were buried inside them.]]
  
== Work ==
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In his later expeditions, Reisner uncovered the fact that the Nubian kings were not buried in the [[Nubian pyramids|pyramids]] but outside of them. He also found the skull of a Nubian female (whom he thought was a king), and which is now displayed in the [[Peabody Museum]] at [[Harvard University|Harvard]]. Reisner believed that [[Kingdom of Kerma|Kerma]] was originally the base of an Egyptian governor and that these Egyptian rulers evolved into the independent monarchs of Kerma. He also created a [[list of Egyptian viceroys of Kush]]. He gained notoriety for finding the tomb of Queen [[Hetepheres]], the mother of the pharaoh [[Khufu]] (Cheops in [[Greek language|Greek]]), who built the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]].
* 1895-1896: Assistant of Egyptology(Berlin)
 
* 1897–1899: Classified [[Egyptology]] collection of the [[Egyptian Museum]] in [[Cairo]]
 
* 1899-1905: Led the [[Hearst Expedition]] of the [[University of California]] to explore burial grounds at and around [[Qift]]
 
* 1905-1914: Assistant professor of Egyptology at [[Harvard University]]
 
* 1907-1909: Directed archaeological survey of [[Nubia]] ([[Nilotic]] [[Sudan]]) for Egyptian government
 
* 1908-1910: Directed excavations of Samaria in Palestine
 
* 1910-1942: Curator of Egyptian collections at the [[Boston Museum of Fine Arts]]
 
* 1914-1942: Professor of Egyptology at Harvard University
 
* 1916–1923: Explored pyramids of [[Meroë]], dug out temple at [[Napata]]
 
  
 
== Legacy ==
 
== Legacy ==
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George Reisner was an experienced [[Egyptology|Egyptologist]], ranked among the most important [[archaeology|archaeologists]] of the twentieth century. He worked during a part of the great era of American [[museum]]-sponsored expeditions. As methods began to take on a more scientific perspective, Reisner developed a new method of documentation that proved to be more elaborate and methodical than the procedures developed by Sir [[Flinders Petrie]] in his Egyptian excavations.
  
Reisner uncovered the fact that the Nubian kings were not buried in the [[Nubian pyramids|pyramids]] but outside of them.  He also found the skull of a Nubian female (whom he thought was a king) which is now displayed in the [[Peabody Museum]] at [[Harvard University|Harvard]].  Reisner believed that [[Kingdom of Kerma|Kerma]] was originally the base of an Egyptian governor and that these Egyptian rulers evolved into the independent monarchs of Kerma.  He also created a [[list of Egyptian viceroys of Kush]]. He gained notoriety for finding the tomb of Queen [[Hetepheres]] the mother of King [[Khufu]] (Cheops in [[Greek language|Greek]]) who built the [[Great Pyramid]] at [[Giza]]. Reisner rewrote the history of Nubia, and explored the world-famous Giza Pyramids.  
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Reisner was well-known for his humor and intelligence, even leading to the nickname "Papa George," used by his students. When the tomb of Queen [[Hetepheres]] was opened and found empty (vandalized by robbers centuries earlier), he reportedly replied to those accompanying him, "I regret Queen Hetepheres is not receiving…."
  
George Reisner, an experienced egyptologist, is ranked among the most important archaeologists of the twentieth century. he worked during  apart of the great era of American museum-sponsored expeditions. As methods began to take on a more scientific perspective. Reisner developed a new method of documentation that proved to be more elaborate and methodical than that of Sir Flinders Petrie(1853-1942), making it the most methodical procedure used in egyptian excavations. Reisner was well-known for his humor and intelligence, even leading to the nickname "Papa George" used by his students. Reisner had excavated one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world, the Giza pyramids, not to mention thousands of ancient artifacts and hundreds of art masterpieces, rewritten Egypto-Nubian history, and changed the course of modern scientific archaeology.
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By the end of his career, Reisner had excavated one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world, the [[Pyramids of Giza|Giza pyramids]], uncovered numerous ancient artifacts and masterpieces of art, rewritten Egypto-Nubian history, and changed the course of modern scientific archaeology.
  
 
== Publications ==
 
== Publications ==
 
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* Dunham, Dows and George Reisner. 1970. ''The Barkal Temples.'' Boston: Museum of Fine Arts. ISBN 0878461086
* 1896: Wrote articles on cuneiform hymns
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* Dunham, Dows and George Reisner. 1982. ''Excavations at Kerma, Part IV.'' Boston: Museum of Fine Arts Boston. ISBN 0878461922
* 1899: Published article on canopic jars that was important to the''Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache''
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* Reisner, George. 1924. ''Harvard Excavations at Samaria, 1908-1910,(Harvard Semitic Series).'' Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
* 1901: Documented his research of the temple documents of Telloh
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* Reisner, George. 1936. ''The Development of the Egyptian Tomb Down to the Accession of Cheops.'' Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
* 1905: Edited ''[[The Hearst Medical Papyrus]]'', today at UC Berkeley
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* Reisner, George. 1942. ''Egyptian Conception of Immortality(1912): The Ingersoll Lecture of 1911.'' Kessinger Publishing. ISBN 076610446X
* 1907: Wrote ''Amulets'', 1st section of the important ''catalog gènèral'' for the Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt.
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* Reisner, George. 1942. ''A History of the Giza Necropolis, Volume 1.'' Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 0674402502
* 1913:Wrote ''Models of Ships and Boats'' -2nd section of ''catalog gènèral''
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* Reisner, George. 1955. ''The Tomb of Hetep-heres the Mother of Cheops: A study of Egyptian Civilization in the Old Kingdom (His: A History of the Giza Necropolis).'' Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
* 1931: Wrote ''[[Mycerinus (book)|Mycerinus]]'' (alternative name of [[Menkaure]])
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* Reisner, George and Giovanni Pettinato. 1985. ''Tempelurkunden aus Telloh''. Unione accademica nazionale.
* 1936: ''The Development of the Egyptian Tomb down to the Accession of Cheops''
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* Reisner, George and William Smith. 1955. ''A History of the Giza Necropolis, Volume 2: The Tomb of Hetepheres,the Mother of Cheops: A study of Egyptian Civilization in the Old Kingdom.'' Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 0674403002
* 1942: Published final work, ''[[A History of the Giza Necropolis]]''
 
* 2004: ''The Egyptian Concept of Immortality" released
 
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==
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*''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology.'' "George Reisner." Oxford University Press.
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*DelVecchio, Rich. 2006. [http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/11/02/BAGHOM4FC71.DTL Egyptian scrolls finally head for Cal home] ''San Francisco Chronicle.'' Retrieved July 27, 2007.
  
*[http://www.dictionaryofarthistorians.org/reisnerg.htm Biography of George Reisner] at Dictionary of Art Historians
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== External links ==
*[Bio.: American National Biography, 18, 328-9] Archaeology Dictionary definition of George Andrew Reisner.The concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology. Copyright©2002,2003 by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
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All links retrieved June 15, 2017.
* [http://www.gizapyramids.org/code/emuseum.asp?newpage=reisnerbio Reisner Biography]
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* [http://www.dictionaryofarthistorians.org/reisnerg.htm Biography of George Reisner] at Dictionary of Art Historians
* [http://www.lib.duke.edu/lilly/artlibry/dah/reisnerg.htm George Reisner] at [[Duke University|Duke]] library
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* {{gutenberg author| id=George+Andrew+Reisner | name=George Reisner}}
* "Reisner, George Andrew." [[Encyclopædia Britannica]]. 2005. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 11 Nov. 2005 <http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9063116>.
 
* American Research Center in Egypt(Northern California)[http://home.comcast.net/~hebsed/manuelian.htm]
 
  
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[[Category:History]][[Category:Archaeologists]]
  
* {{gutenberg author| id=George+Andrew+Reisner | name=George Reisner}}
 
*Article about Egyptian papyri at UC Berkeley[http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2006/11/01_papyri.shtml]
 
*EXPLORE Ancient Egypt [http://www.mfa.org/egypt/explore_ancient_egypt/arch_his2.html]
 
*BBC article on the Giza Pyramids[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/great_pyramid_08.shtml]
 
*Egyptian Art [http://www.metmuseum.org/press_room/full_release.asp?prid=%7BE8358EC8-A820-432B-B5F8-B5655ABD6C12%7D]
 
*[Reisner and Giza] <http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~semitic/hsm/GizaReisner.htm>
 
* Egyptian museums [http://www.theglobaleducationproject.org/egypt/links/link_function.php?category_id=20&category_name=Museums]
 
  
 
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George Andrew Reisner

George Andrew Reisner (November 5, 1867 - June 6, 1942) was an American archaeologist, best known for his excavations of the Pyramids of Giza and other sites of Ancient Egypt. Through his expeditions, Reisner discovered thousands of historical treasures, including the tombs of Queen Hetepheres, the mother of pharaoh Khufu (Cheops) who built the Great Pyramid of Giza.

Among his numerous discoveries were papyri evidencing mathematical calculations and other data that provide insight into the significantly advanced civilization of ancient Egypt. Reisner was a methodical excavator who prided himself on the records he kept. His meticulous approach to archaeological excavations, keeping accurate records and preserving artifacts, laid a strong foundation for subsequent archaeological efforts that continued to advance human knowledge of this and other people from the past.

Life

George Andrew Reisner was born on November 5, 1867, in Indianapolis, Indiana, to George Andrew Reisner and Mary Elizabeth Mason. His father's parents were of German descent. He received his undergraduate degree from Cambridge University, graduating in the class of 1889, and went on to study at Harvard University, where he received his Masters in 1891.

In 1892, he married Mary Putnam Bronson and then left for an excavation in the Middle East. He received his Ph.D. in 1893, writing his dissertation on Semitic languages. At Harvard, he received a study grant to research cuneiform at the University in Göttingen, Germany, where he studied under Egyptologist Adolf Erman (1845-1937), and later with Kurt Sethe (1869-1934) at the University of Berlin. Sethe taught Reisner hieroglyphs, supplementing his already extensive knowledge of Arabic, cuneiform, and various other ancient languages. This training would prove invaluable when Reisner excavated archaeological sites in Egypt.

From 1897 to 1899, he worked in Cairo, Egypt, on the Catalogue General Project for the Egyptian Museum. After that he received funding for excavations in Egypt from Phoebe Apperson Hearst, mother of newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst.

In 1905, Reisner returned to Harvard to work as an assistant professor, a post he held until 1914. During this time, he led several important projects, including the archaeological survey of Nubia for the Egyptian government, 1907-1909, and directing the excavations of Samaria in Palestine, 1908-1910. From 1910 to 1942, Reisner was Curator of Egyptian collections at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and from 1914 to 1942, Reisner held the position as a Professor of Egyptology at Harvard. In addition, he explored the pyramids of Meroe and dug out the temple at Napata.

Even in his old age, despite suffering from progressive blindness, Reisner worked on dictating manuscripts. His daughter, Mary B. Reisner, who had learned from him at the digs, assisted him in his final articles.

Reisner died in his sleep on June 6, 1942, in Giza, Egypt, and is buried in the American cemetery in the Mari Girgis area of Cairo. Following his death, Reisner's Harvard camp was closed in 1947, and the Egyptian government awarded one half of the objects found by Reisner to the excavation sponsors—the Hearst Museum at University of California, Berkeley, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.

Work

George Reisner spent many years excavating archaeological sites in Egypt. The Hearst Expedition of the University of California funded his work for five years, from 1899 to 1905. During this time period, Reisner excavated the cemeteries of Naga ed-Deir, Egypt, as well as Quft and Deir el-Ballas. At these sites, Reisner began to formulate his own scientific approach to archaeological excavations, based on the methodological systems he had learned in Berlin. He developed a number of expedition record books and put an emphasis on field photography.

He recognized the need to model Giza in three dimensions, and prepared a model of the Third Pyramid to illustrate how it was built. The model remains in the Boston Museum of Science.

Schematic of Egyptian mastaba

During this time he also explored mastabas, flat-roofed, mud brick, rectangular buildings with sloping sides that marked the burial site of many eminent ancient Egyptians. Inside the mastaba, a deep chamber was dug into the ground and lined with stone or mud bricks. This was where the body would reside. When a mastaba was built for the burial of the Third Dynasty king Djoser, the architect Imhotep enlarged the basic structure to be a square, then built a similar, but smaller, mastaba-like square on top of this, and added a fourth, fifth, and sixth square structure above that. The resulting building is the Step Pyramid, the first of the many pyramidal tombs which succeeded it.

As part of the Hearst expedition work, Reisner also discovered what came to be known as the "Reisner Papyri." Dating back to the eighteen hundred B.C.E. periods, they contain one of the most basic mathematical texts. The texts were later deciphered in Boston. The early publications showed that the scrolls were among the oldest Egyptian bureaucratic texts known, recording the mundane business details of construction projects, work in the royal dockyards, and agriculture in the royal fields. They showed evidence of mathematical knowledge, particularly remainder arithmetic, carefully applied to the practical situation of building projects.

At Meroë, in the Sudan, crumbling pyramids recall the vanished glories of the Kushite kings, who were buried inside them.

In his later expeditions, Reisner uncovered the fact that the Nubian kings were not buried in the pyramids but outside of them. He also found the skull of a Nubian female (whom he thought was a king), and which is now displayed in the Peabody Museum at Harvard. Reisner believed that Kerma was originally the base of an Egyptian governor and that these Egyptian rulers evolved into the independent monarchs of Kerma. He also created a list of Egyptian viceroys of Kush. He gained notoriety for finding the tomb of Queen Hetepheres, the mother of the pharaoh Khufu (Cheops in Greek), who built the Great Pyramid of Giza.

Legacy

George Reisner was an experienced Egyptologist, ranked among the most important archaeologists of the twentieth century. He worked during a part of the great era of American museum-sponsored expeditions. As methods began to take on a more scientific perspective, Reisner developed a new method of documentation that proved to be more elaborate and methodical than the procedures developed by Sir Flinders Petrie in his Egyptian excavations.

Reisner was well-known for his humor and intelligence, even leading to the nickname "Papa George," used by his students. When the tomb of Queen Hetepheres was opened and found empty (vandalized by robbers centuries earlier), he reportedly replied to those accompanying him, "I regret Queen Hetepheres is not receiving…."

By the end of his career, Reisner had excavated one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world, the Giza pyramids, uncovered numerous ancient artifacts and masterpieces of art, rewritten Egypto-Nubian history, and changed the course of modern scientific archaeology.

Publications

  • Dunham, Dows and George Reisner. 1970. The Barkal Temples. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts. ISBN 0878461086
  • Dunham, Dows and George Reisner. 1982. Excavations at Kerma, Part IV. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts Boston. ISBN 0878461922
  • Reisner, George. 1924. Harvard Excavations at Samaria, 1908-1910,(Harvard Semitic Series). Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
  • Reisner, George. 1936. The Development of the Egyptian Tomb Down to the Accession of Cheops. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
  • Reisner, George. 1942. Egyptian Conception of Immortality(1912): The Ingersoll Lecture of 1911. Kessinger Publishing. ISBN 076610446X
  • Reisner, George. 1942. A History of the Giza Necropolis, Volume 1. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 0674402502
  • Reisner, George. 1955. The Tomb of Hetep-heres the Mother of Cheops: A study of Egyptian Civilization in the Old Kingdom (His: A History of the Giza Necropolis). Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
  • Reisner, George and Giovanni Pettinato. 1985. Tempelurkunden aus Telloh. Unione accademica nazionale.
  • Reisner, George and William Smith. 1955. A History of the Giza Necropolis, Volume 2: The Tomb of Hetepheres,the Mother of Cheops: A study of Egyptian Civilization in the Old Kingdom. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 0674403002

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