The East Field is located to the east of the

Great Pyramid of Giza The Great Pyramid of Giza is the biggest Egyptian pyramid and the tomb of Fourth Dynasty pharaoh Khufu. Built in the early 26th century BC during a period of around 27 years, the pyramid is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient Worl ...

and contains cemetery G 7000. This cemetery was a burial place for some of the family members of

Khufu Khufu or Cheops was an ancient Egyptian monarch who was the second pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty, in the first half of the Old Kingdom period ( 26th century BC). Khufu succeeded his father Sneferu as king. He is generally accepted as having c ...

. The cemetery also includes mastabas from tenants and priests of the pyramids dated to the

5th Fifth is the ordinal form of the number five. Fifth or The Fifth may refer to: * Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, as in the expression "pleading the Fifth" * Fifth column, a political term * Fifth disease, a contagious rash tha ...

and

6th Dynasty The Sixth Dynasty of ancient Egypt (notated Dynasty VI), along with the Third, Fourth and Fifth Dynasty, constitutes the Old Kingdom of Dynastic Egypt. Pharaohs Known pharaohs of the Sixth Dynasty are listed in the table below. Manetho acc ...

. Porter, Bertha and Moss, Rosalind L. B., ''Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings. Volume III. Memphis. Part I. Abû Rawâsh to Abûṣîr.'' 2nd edition, revised and augmented by Jaromír Málek, The Clarendon Press, Oxford 1974
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Retrieved February 10, 2017. The East Field consists of the three Queen's pyramids and a number of

mastaba A mastaba (, or ), also mastabah, mastabat or pr- djt (meaning "house of stability", " house of eternity" or "eternal house" in Ancient Egyptian), is a type of ancient Egyptian tomb in the form of a flat-roofed, rectangular structure with inwar ...

s labeled Cemetery G 7000. Reisner constructed a timeline for the construction of the East Field. The first two Queen's Pyramids, G 1a and G 1b, were likely started in year 15-17 of King

. Usually Queen's pyramids were constructed to the south of the king's pyramid, but in this instance a quarry was located to the south and the construction of the smaller pyramids was relocated to the east of the main pyramid complex. The earliest part of the cemetery consisted of 12 mastabas which were built as double mastabas. They were laid out in three rows of four tombs: * G 7110-7120

Kawab Kawab is the name of an ancient Egyptian prince of the 4th Dynasty. He was the eldest son of King Khufu and Queen Meritites I. Kawab served as vizier and was buried in the double mastaba G 7110–7120 in the east field which is part of the Gi ...

and

Hetepheres II Hetepheres II was a Queen of Ancient Egypt during the 4th Dynasty. Biography Birth and family Queen Hetepheres II may have been one of the longest-lived members of the royal family of the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt, which lasted from ca. 2723 ...

and G 7130-7140 Khufukhaf I and his wife Nefertkau II * G 7210-7220 Hordjedef and his wife and G 7230-7240 * G 7310-7320 Baufra and G 7330-7340 The construction of these tombs has been dated to ca year 17-24 of the reign of Khufu. This core was then completed to create a nucleus of eight twin-mastabas by the construction of: * G 7410-7420

Meresankh II Meresankh II ("She Loves Life") was a Queen of Egypt who lived during 4th Dynasty. Family Meresankh II's parents are assumed to be King Khufu and Queen Meritites I given that they are mentioned in Meresankh's mastaba. She is never explicitly ca ...

and

Horbaef Horbaef (also known as Baefhor and Horbaf) was an ancient Egyptian prince of the 4th Dynasty. His title was "King’s son". Horbaef was a son of Pharaoh Khufu and an unknown woman. He married his half-sister Meresankh II,Her mother was very lik ...

and G 7430-7440

Minkhaf I Minkhaf I was an ancient Egyptian prince of the 4th Dynasty. He was a son of Pharaoh Khufu, half-brother of Pharaoh Djedefre and elder brother of Pharaoh Khafre., p. 60 His mother may have been Queen Henutsen.Porter, Bertha and Moss, Rosalind, ...

The rest of the eastern field was built around this group of eight twin mastabas. Of these the great mastaba G 7510 of king's son and vizier

Ankhhaf Ankhhaf was an Egyptian prince and served as an overseer during the reign of the Pharaoh Khufu, who is thought to have been Ankhhaf's half-brother. One of Ankhaf's titles is also as a vizier, but it is unknown which pharaoh he would have held this ...

stands out due to its size. The construction of several other mastabas can be dated to the time of King

Khafre Khafre (also read as Khafra and gr, Χεφρήν Khephren or Chephren) was an ancient Egyptian King (pharaoh) of the 4th Dynasty during the Old Kingdom. He was the son of Khufu and the successor of Djedefre. According to the ancient histor ...

. G 7530 + 7540, the tomb of

Meresankh III Queen Meresankh III was the daughter of Hetepheres II and Prince Kawab and a granddaughter of the Egyptian pharaoh Khufu. She was the wife of King Khafre. Hetepheres also provided her daughter with a black granite sarcophagus decorated with pal ...

, contains quarry inscriptions dating to year 13 of that king. Mastaba G 7050, belonging to

Nefertkau I Nefertkau I was a 4th Dynasty princess of ancient Egypt. She was the eldest daughter of King Sneferu and hence a half-sister to King Khufu. She was the mother of Nefermaat II and the grandmother of Sneferukhaf. Nefertkau is explicitly said to ...

, was built during the reign of Khafre as well. Further additions date to the end of the 4th,

and

6th dynasty The Sixth Dynasty of ancient Egypt (notated Dynasty VI), along with the Third, Fourth and Fifth Dynasty, constitutes the Old Kingdom of Dynastic Egypt. Pharaohs Known pharaohs of the Sixth Dynasty are listed in the table below. Manetho acc ...

and even later. Reisner, George Andrew, ''A History of the Giza Necropolis Volume I.'' Harvard University Press, Cambridge 1942, pp 70–74, 238–239, 318
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Retrieved February 10, 2017.

Queen's pyramids

Pyramid G 1a was at first thought to belong to Queen

Meritites I Meritites I was an ancient Egyptian queen of the 4th Dynasty. Her name means "Beloved of her Father". Several of her titles are known from a stela found at Giza. She was buried in the middle Queen’s Pyramid in Giza (''Pyramid G 1b''). Meritite ...

but Lehner has shown that the pyramid belonged to

Hetepheres I Hetepheres I was a queen of Egypt during the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt (c. 2600 BC) who was a wife of one king, the mother of the next king, the grandmother of two more kings, and the figure who tied together two dynasties. Biography Het ...

instead. All three pyramids have a square base measuring about 45 – 49 m. on a side. The angle of inclination is about 51° 50‘ for all three. Verner, Miroslav, ''The Pyramids. The Mystery, Culture, and Science of Egypt's Great Monuments.'' Atlantic, London 2001, , pp 210–212, 462. Shaft tomb:

Cemetery G 7000

Nucleus of Cemetery G 7000 The later additions to the cemetery:

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The Giza Archives
Website maintained by the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Quote: "This website is a comprehensive resource for research on Giza. It contains photographs and other documentation from the original Harvard University - Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition (1904 to 1947), from recent MFA fieldwork, and from other expeditions, museums, and universities around the world.". *While still reachable the Giza Archives became Digital Giza in 2011 and is maintained by Harvard. Website can be reached here. {{coord, 29.9782, N, 31.1374, E, source:wikidata, display=title Giza Plateau Archaeological sites in Egypt Ancient Egypt Giza pyramid complex Cemeteries in Egypt

Queen's pyramids

Cemetery G 7000

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