How to Use This Web Site:

How to format tomb numbers: G 2110, G 7000 X, G 4940, Lepsius 23, D 20. If you use the main Search box, and your tomb search results in more than one tomb, click the resulting tombs icon until you get to the exact tomb you want; the other search results are misleading until you get to the single tomb's page.

Go to Search Giza from Above to click on tombs from aerial/satellite views. Use Advanced Search to search more narrowly in the database, or to use multiple terms.

No spaces are used when searching the database for photo numbers. Photographic ID numbers derive from many museums, institutions, and individuals. Some numbering examples: A4935, B8301, C13953, D60, PDM_02569, AAW1207, AEOS. Use Advanced Search to find all photographs within a certain date range, by a certain photographer, or by content using specific thesaurus terms (based on the MET= Mulilingual Egyptological Thesaurus).

Many alternate spellings for ancient names have been included in the database, so you should not have to worry about exact spellings. For example, typing Hetep-heres will return Hetepheres. Ankhhaf will return Ankh-haf. Cheops will return Khufu. Tchenti will return Tjenti.

Harvard University — Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (HU—MFA) Expedition Object Register numbers should be formatted like this example: 27-2-294. This means in 1927, month of February, the 294th object logged at the dig site. Typing 27-2-* will return a list of all objects registered in February of 1927.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) object accession numbers should be formatted like this example:12.1483. This means in 1912 this was the 1483rd object accessioned by the MFA. Other institutions use other numbering systems.

Dates may be formatted like this example: 08/09/1929, or like this example: August 1915.

Do not use quotation marks in your searches.

Selections from your searches can be saved using the "My Giza Research" feature (choose "Create and Share Your own Collections").