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  • Egypt, Nazlat as Sammān
  • geo:29.97765,31.137751
  • Location: correct and verified

Period or year

  • -2500~ / unknown

Classification

  • graves
  • Visible

Giza, Mastaba of Meresankh III

data access 70102

The double-mastaba of Meresankh [Mersyankh] III  (the grand-daughter of Kheops-Khufu c.2600-2555 BC, and wife of Khephren-Khafre c.2548-2522 BC.) in the eastern necropolis of Giza was discovered on 23 April 1927 by George Andrew Reisner. It contains a surface mastaba, a stone built chapel and a funerary chamber.

See:

  1. The mastaba of Meresankh III (G7530/7540) in the Eastern Cemetery at Giza.  By Laurel Flentye       https://gizamedia.rc.fas.harvard.edu/images/MFA-images/Giza/GizaImage/full/library/flentye_bem_3_2006.pdf   
  2. Digital Giza. G7000 Plan. The Giza Project Harvard University.                                                                                 http://giza.fas.harvard.edu/mapsandplans/5590/full/

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Creators: Entry created by Elżbieta (2021-03-19) , last updated by p. jeffries (2025-12-02), with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/70102
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Suggested citation: , E. and jeffries, P., Giza, Mastaba of Meresankh III. https://vici.org/vici/70102, accessed 2025-12-08.