George A. Reisner, A History of the Giza Necropolis Volume I, A History of the Giza Necropolis Volume I (Selections)

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Preface

The excavations of the expedition directed by myself were carried out in the original concession granted to me in 1902 and the concession granted to Schiaparelli, transferred to me in 1906. In 1902-5 the expedition under my guidance was the 'Hearst Expedition' of the University of California. In 1905 the expedition was transferred to Harvard University and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. The work of these two expeditions was continuous and the persons comprising the staff changed from year to year. Thus the excavations and the records now being published as The Giza Necropolis were carried out by many persons. The list of chief assistants who have directed the field work at Giza at different periods is as follows:

1. A. C. Mace (Oxford), 1902-3, 1905-6.
2. A. M. Lythgoe (Harvard), 1905-6.
3. C. M. Firth (Oxford), 1906-8.
4. Oric Bates (Harvard), 1908.
5. C. S. Fisher (Pennsylvania), 1909-15.
6. Dows Dunham (Harvard), 1914-16, 1925-6.
7. Alan Rowe, 1923-5.
8. N. F. Wheeler (Lt. Comm. R.N.), 1925-33.
9. William Stevenson Smith (Harvard), 1930.

Two other specialists must be mentioned who in the early years recorded reliefs in mastaba chapels:

1. N. de G. Davies (Edinburgh), who in 1905-6 copied the reliefs in a number of mastabas (G 1029, G 1151, G 1234, G 2001, &c.).
2. Mrs. C. M. Firth, 1906-7, who copied the reliefs in the chapels of the Mycerinus Quarry and G 2184.

Since that time the recording of the reliefs has been continued by Hansmartin Handrick, William Stevenson Smith, and Nicholas Melnikoff, while Miss Elizabeth Eaton has copied the reliefs from Giza in the Boston Museum.

Since 1910 many of the Giza reliefs have been painted in oil by Joseph Lindon Smith, Honorary Curator of the Egyptian Department of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. These paintings are now on exhibition in the Boston Museum.

The following persons have given valuable assistance in recording:

1. Earle Rowe (Brown), 1912.
2. L. C. West (Harvard), 1912-14.
3. O. G. S. Crawford (Oxford), 1913.
4. Lyman Story, 1914-17.
5. R. Howe, 1914.
6. W. G. Kemp, 1914-17.
7. Ashton Sanborn (Harvard), 1919-21.
8. Amory Goddard (Harvard), 1922-3.
9. George Vaillant (Harvard), 1923-4.