George Andrew Reisner - Timeline

Timeline

• 1897–1899: Classified Egyptology collection of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo
• 1899–1905: Led the Hearst Expedition of the University of California to explore burial grounds at and around Qift
• 1905: Edited The Hearst Medical Papyrus
• 1905–1914: Assistant professor of Egyptology at Harvard University
• 1907–1909: Directed archaeological survey of Nubia (Nilotic Sudan) for Egyptian government
• 1910–1942: Curator of Egyptian collections at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
• 1914–1942: Professor of Egyptology at Harvard University
• 1916–1923: Explored pyramids of Meroë, dug out temple at Napata
• 1931: Wrote Mycerinus (alternative name of Menkaure)
• 1942: Published final work, A History of the Giza Necropolis