During an investgaton of the Great Pyramid in 1872 by Waynman Dixon and James Grant, two
narrow shafs from the ‘Queen’s Chamber’ were discovered. In them were items including a
copper alloy hook, stone ball and a fragment of wood. James Grant was an important, though
litle known, fgure in late nineteenth century Egyptan archaeology, whose large collecton
of Egyptan archaeology is now in the University of Aberdeen. His work was part of the
development of a ‘scientfc Egyptology’, with its roots in a desire to reconcile biblical history
with archaeology and careful observaton, but also in racism and imperialism.

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