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Expeditions
Past & Present
GIZA
Penn excavations at Giza began in 1915 under the direction of Clarence Fisher and focused on the area known as the "minor cemetery." This excavation produced important information on the arrangement of Old Kingdom (2625-2130 B.C.) mastaba tombs and the mortuary cults of their owners. In the 1970's the University of Pennsylvania Museum (UPM) renewed work at Giza as a sponsor of the Giza Mastabas Project under the direction of David O'Connor and William K. Simpson. This work has resulted in a series of several volumes providing information about tombs in the Giza Necropolis.
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