Giza

Alternative site names:

Gizeh; Gisa; Gizah; Gizèh; Guiza; Gyzeh; Gîza

Arabic site names:

جيزة

Type of site:

Temples; mortuary temples; pyramids; mastabas; non-royal tombs

Timeframe:

Temples (New Kingdom, Third Intermediate Period, Late Period); mortuary temples (Old Kingdom); pyramids (Old Kingdom); mastabas (Old Kingdom); non-royal tombs (Old Kingdom)

Overlay map:

Excavator's sketch map showing the district of Giza and Deir Rifeh including a plan of the cemeteries located there, superimposed on a modern Google map image. Created by Kristian Brink, 2015.

Relevant publications:

Catalogue of Egyptian antiquities: found by Prof. Flinders Petrie and students at Gizeh and Rifeh, 1907 ; exhibited at University College, Gower St., London, July 1st to 27th / British School of Archaeology in Egypt. 1907. London: BSAE.

Petrie, W. M. Flinders 1883. The pyramids and temples of Gizeh. London: Field & Tuer.

Petrie, W. M. Flinders 1907. Gizeh and Rifeh. British School of Archaeology in Egypt and Egyptian Research Account 13 (13th year). London: British School of Archaeology in Egypt; Bernard Quaritch.

Site gallery:

Map of district.jpg

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