The West Field is located on the

Giza Plateau The Giza Plateau ( ar, هضبة الجيزة) is a plateau in Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, site of the Fourth Dynasty Giza Necropolis, which includes the Great Pyramids of Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure, the Great Sphinx, several ceme ...

, to the west of the

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. It is divided up into smaller areas like the cemeteries known as the Abu Bakr Excavations (1949–50, 1950–51, 1952 and 1953), as well as several cemeteries whose toponyms are based on the

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 ...

numbers such as Cemetery G 1000 and Cemetery G 1100. The West Field contains Cemetery G1000 – Cemetery G1600, and Cemetery G 1900. Further cemeteries in this field are: Cemeteries G 2000, G 2200, G 2500, G 3000, G 4000, and G 6000. Three other cemeteries are named after their excavators: Junker Cemetery West, Junker Cemetery East and Steindorff Cemetery. 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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Cemetery G1000

Cemetery G 1100

Cemetery G 1200

Cemetery G 1400

Cemetery G 1500

Cemetery G 1600

Cemetery G 2100

Area west of Cemetry G 2100 being cleared by the German-Austrian expedition using a narrow gauge railway, ca 1912

Cemetery G 2100 was first excavated by Lepsius in 1842. The first tomb to be cleared was the mastaba owned by Merib (G 2100). In 1905/6 the Harvard-Boston Museum expedition excavated this cemetery and further excavations date to 1912-13 and 1931–32. The cemetery consists of four rows of large mastabas: * The westernmost row consists of the mastabas of Merib (G 2100 I), Sedit (G 2100) and Nefer (G 2110). * A second row consists of the mastabas of Seshatsekhentiu (G 2120), Khentka (G 2130). * The third row consists of mastabas G 2135 (Unknown), G 2140 (Unknown) and G 2150 (Kanefer) * The fourth row consists of the mastabas of Kaninisut I (G 2155) and G 2160 and G 2170 (both owners unknown) The other smaller mastabas were built among these larger structures. The presence of Reserve heads and slab stela points to the reign 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 ...

for the construction of the earliest of the tombs in this cemetery.

Cemetery G 2300

The family complex of Senedjemib Inti makes up an important part of this cemetery. Senedjemib Inti (G 2370) was vizier and chief architect to King

Djedkare Isesi Djedkare Isesi (known in Greek as Tancheres) was a pharaoh, the eighth and penultimate ruler of the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt in the late 25th century to mid- 24th century BC, during the Old Kingdom. Djedkare succeeded Menkauhor Kaiu and was i ...

. His son Senedjemib Mehi (G 2378) followed in his footsteps as the vizier and chief architect under

Unas Unas or Wenis, also spelled Unis ( egy, wnjs, hellenized form Oenas or Onnos), was a pharaoh, the ninth and last ruler of the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt during the Old Kingdom. Unas reigned for 15 to 30 years in the mid- 24th century BC (circ ...

, and eventually another son named Khnumenti (G 2374) became vizier under

Teti Teti, less commonly known as Othoes, sometimes also Tata, Atat, or Athath in outdated sources, was the first king of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt. He was buried at Saqqara. The exact length of his reign has been destroyed on the Turin King Lis ...

. A man named Mer-ptah-ankh-meryre Nekhebu (G 2381) may be a grandson of Inti. Nekhebu's sons Mer-ptah-ankh-meryre Ptahshepses Impy and Sabu-ptah Ibebi were buried in this cemetery as well. Brovarski, Edward, ''Giza Mastabas Volume 7. The Senedjemib Complex, Part 1.'' Edited by Manuelian, Peter Der and Simpson, William Kelly Department of Art of the Ancient World, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 2000,
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Cemetery G 4000

Cemetery G 5000

Junker Cemetery East

This cemetery was excavated by Hermann Junker for the Akademie der Wissenschaften in Vienna, Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim and University of Leipzig Expedition. The tombs are not numbered and are named after their owner.

Steindorff Cemetery

This cemetery contains mostly brick-built mastabas. The cemetery was excavated by Georg Steindorff for the University of Leipzig and Pelizaeus Expedition (1903–07). Several of the tombs were later excavated by Hermann Junker.

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External links

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 document ation 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.". Giza pyramid complex Archaeological sites in Egypt Ancient Egypt Cemeteries in Egypt