Word: dashriv
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Queen Hetephenes, according to the inscriptions, was originally buried at Dashriv, a short distance south of the Great Pyramids. But owing to a robbery in this tomb the body was transferred to a safer position at the entrance of the pyramid of Giza. The sarcophagal chamber is located at the foot of a vertical shaft cut down 100 feet through the limestone...