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Monday, March 25, 1912 (continued)
[General Maxwell (continued)]
needs investigation. Has he received stolen goods? Did he investigate the theft?
Tuesday, March 26, 1912
Cleared to proposed limit on east and turning north along face of G 2200 [= G 5080].
[ILLUSTRATION]
The outside walls are shown by the first course only a few cm high. To all appearances the theft of stone began even during the Old Kingdom.
Wednesday, March 27, 1912
Sprinkles of rain in the night.
The chamber of G 2220 is now clear. The stone door bar lies broken in the chamber. A mound of dirty, stone-chip debris covered the north end. The destruction appears to have been caused in part by stone thieves of indeterminable date and in part by more recent Kafr-el-Haram plunderers. In the surface sand a clay pipe was found with GLASGOW stamp on the stem. A similar one was found in Nubia at cemetery
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- Classification
- Documentation-Expedition diary pages
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- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Display Page Dates
- 03/25/1912; 03/26/1912; 03/27/1912
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- Author
- George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
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- Mentioned on page
- General Sir John Maxwell
Modern People
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- Type Mentioned on page
- Nationality & Dates
- Remarks Commander Army of Occupation
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- Type Author
- Nationality & Dates American, 1867–1942
- Remarks Egyptologist, archaeologist; Referred to as "the doctor" and "mudir" (Arabic for "director") in the excavation records. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.
