Under the direction of George Reisner, one of the pioneers of modern scientific archaeology, the Museum Expedition excavated twenty-three sites along the Nile River, both in Egypt and ancient Nubia (modern Sudan). Reisner's headquarters were based at "Harvard Camp" behind the pyramids at Giza.

What the expedition found added greatly to what we know about ancient Egyptian and Nubian history and civilization. Many spectacular works of art found during the excavations are now housed in the Museums of Boston, MA, USA, Cairo, Egypt and Khartoum, Sudan.

The Pyramids of Giza seen from the air.

George Andrew Reisner (1867-1942).