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946: 44: 294:, his own American practicality and his skill for large-scale organization. Despite later being recognised as a mark of good practice, this technique was at the time controversial, and was criticised as being overly elaborate. 163:. His parents were George Andrew Reisner I and Mary Elizabeth Mason. His father's parents were of German descent. Reisner gained B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University, before becoming a travelling fellow. 854: 986: 979: 271:. The area was divided into three sections, and chosen by lot. The 1902-1905 excavations were financed by Phoebe Apperson Hearst. The southern section was given to the Italians under 1405: 972: 995: 286:
In Egypt, Reisner developed a new archaeological technique which became a standard in the profession, combining the British methods of Petrie, the German methods of
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Der Manuelian, Peter; Reisner, George Andrew (January 1, 1992). Der Manuelian, Peter (ed.). "George Andrew Reisner on Archaeological Photography".
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was originally the base of an Egyptian governor and that these Egyptian rulers evolved into the independent monarchs of Kerma.
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but outside of them. He also found the skull of a Nubian female (who he thought was a king) which is in the collection of the
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in excavation techniques, Crawford was later to warmly recall that Reisner was "an excavator of the first rank".
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Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids: Highlights from the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expedition
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discovery that Reisner "enjoys an unrivalled position not only as the outstanding figure in present-day
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Der Manuelian, Peter (January 1, 1992). "George Andrew Reisner on Archaeological Photography".
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1916: Discovers in Jebel Barkal, in two separate caches, hard stone statues, representing
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He married Mary Putnam Bronson, with whom he had a daughter, also called Mary.
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In 1908, after a decade in Egypt, Reisner headed the Harvard excavation of
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The development of the Egyptian tomb down to the accession of Cheops
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In 1913 Reisner was tasked with training the young archaeologist
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Markowitz, Yvonne J., Joyce L. Haynes, and Rita E. Freed.
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1914–1942: Professor of Egyptology at Harvard University
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In 1902 permission to excavate the Western cemetery in
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Mycerinus, the temples of the third pyramid at Giza
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George Reisner

Indianapolis, Indiana
Giza
Ancient Egypt
archaeologist
Ancient Egypt
Nubia
Palestine
Indianapolis, Indiana
football
Purdue University
Jebel Barkal
Nubia
Nubian kings
pyramids
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
Harvard
Kerma
list of Egyptian viceroys of Kush
Hetepheres I
Khufu
Greek
Great Pyramid
Giza
mastabas
Arthur Merton
Abuwtiyuw
Egyptology
Giza

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