George Andrew Reisner
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George Andrew Reisner
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| Born | November 5, 1867 Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Died |
June 6, 1942 (aged 74) Giza, Egypt |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Ancient Egypt |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Putnam Bronson |
| Children | Mary B. Reisner |
| Parent(s) | Mary Elizabeth Mason George Andrew Reisner I |
George Andrew Reisner (November 5, 1867 – June 6, 1942) was an American archaeologist of Ancient Egypt and Palestine.
George Andrew Reisner was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. His parents were George Andrew Reisner I and Mary Elizabeth Mason. His father’s parents were of German descent.
He married Mary Putnam Bronson, with whom he had a daughter, also called Mary.
In 1889, Reisner was head football coach at Purdue University, coaching for one season and compiling a record of 2–1.
Upon his studies at Jebel Barkal (The Holy Mountain), in Nubia he found the Nubian kings were not buried in the pyramids but outside of them. He also found the skull of a Nubian female (who he thought was a king) which is in the collection of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard. Reisner believed that Kerma was originally the base of an Egyptian governor and that these Egyptian rulers evolved into the independent monarchs of Kerma.
He also created a list of Egyptian viceroys of Kush. He found the tomb of Queen Hetepheres I, the mother of King Khufu (Cheops in Greek) who built the Great Pyramid at Giza. During this time he also explored mastabas. Arthur Merton, a fellow member of the Cairo Rotary Club, remarked in 1936 in the aftermath of the Abuwtiyuw discovery that Reisner "enjoys an unrivalled position not only as the outstanding figure in present-day Egyptology, but also as a man whose soundness of judgement and extensive general knowledge are widely conceded."
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