Giza Digital Library:
All Egyptian and Nubian Articles published in the
Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Author Article Title BMFA Volume Number of Pages & File Size
unsigned "Egyptian Antiquities" BMFA 1, No. 3 (July 1903), pp. 16-17 2pp (1.2 MB)
unsigned "The Egyptian Department" BMFA 1, No. 5 (November 1903),  p. 31 1p (920 KB)
unsigned "An Ephod(?) from Thebes" BMFA 2, No. 2 (March 1904), pp. 7-8 2pp (1.1 MB)
unsigned "The Exhibition of Recent Acquisitions of the Egyptian Department" BMFA 3, No. 2 (April 1905), pp. 13-15 3pp (1.1 MB)
unsigned "Egyptian Department" BMFA 3, No. 6 (December 1905), p. 44 1p (524 KB)
O. Bates "A Scarab of Seti I" BMFA 5, No. 2 (February 1907), p. 3 1p (352 KB)
unsigned "Notes" BMFA 5, No. 24 (February 1907), p. 7 1p (588 KB)
O. Bates "Sculptures from the Excavations at Giza, 1905-1906" BMFA 5, No. 26 (June 1907), pp. 20-21 2pp (565 KB)
L.E. Rowe "Egyptian 'Soul-houses'" BMFA 6, No. 32 (April 1908), pp. 17-18 2pp (520 KB)
L.E. Rowe "Egyptian Portraiture of the XX Dynasty" BMFA 6, No. 36, (December 1908), pp. 47-50 4pp (644 KB)
L.E. Rowe "Two Mastaba Chambers" BMFA 8, No. 45 (June 1910), pp. 19-20 2pp (596 KB)
G.A. Reisner "The Harvard-University—Museum of Fine Arts Egyptian Expedition" BMFA 9, No. 50 (April 1911), pp. 13-20 8pp (1.4 MB)
G.A. Reisner and C.S. Fisher "The Work of the Harvard University - Museum of Fine Arts Egyptian Expedition" (pyramid of Zawiyet el-Aryan) BMFA 9, No. 54 (December 1911), pp. 54-59 6pp (1.4 MB)
C.S. Fisher "The Harvard-University—Museum of Fine Arts Egyptian Expedition" BMFA 11, No. 62 (April 1913), pp. 19-22 4pp (1.1 MB)
G.A. Reisner "A Family of Builders of the Sixth Dynasty, about 2600 B.C." BMFA 11, No. 66 (November 1913), pp. 53-66 14pp (3.3 MB)
G.A. Reisner "New Acquisitions of the Egyptian Department. A Garrison which held the Northern Sudan in the Hyksos Period, about 1700 B.C." (Kerma) BMFA 12, No. 69 (April 1914), pp. 9-24 16pp (3.6 MB)
unsigned "Dr. George A. Reisner" BMFA 12, No. 70 (June 1914), p. 34 1p (640 KB)
C.S. Fisher "New Egyptian Galleries" BMFA 12, No. 71 (August 1914), pp. 39-40 2pp (480 KB)
G.A. Reisner "Accessions to the Egyptian Department during 1914" (Excavations at Giza and Kerma) BMFA 13, No. 76 (April 1915), pp. 29-36 8pp (1.7 MB)
G.A.  Reisner "Accessions to the Egyptian Collections during 1914" (Kerma) BMFA 13, No. 80 (December 1914), pp. 71-83 13pp (2.2 MB)
G.A. Reisner "Excavations at Napata, the Capital of Ethiopia" BMFA 15, No. 89 (June 1917), pp. 25-34 10pp (2.4 MB)
G.A. Reisner "Known and Unkown Kings of Ethiopia" BMFA 16, No. 97 (October 1918), pp. 67-82 17pp (3.3 MB)
G.A. Reisner "The Royal Family of Ethiopia" BMFA 19, Nos. 112 & 113 (April & June 1921), pp. 21-38 18pp (3.3 MB)
D. Dunham "The Tomb of Dehuti-nekht and His Wife" BMFA 19, No. 114 (August 1921), pp. 43-46 4pp (648 KB)
A. Sanborn "Recent Acquisitions from Egypt. New Installation of the Primitive and Old Empire Rooms" BMFA 20, No. 11 (April 1922), pp. 25-27 3pp (608 KB)
G.A. Reisner "The Pyramids of Meroe and the Candaces of Ethiopia" BMFA 21, No. 124 (April 1923), pp. 11-27 16pp (4.1 MB
G.A. Reisner "Silver Goblet from Meroe" BMFA 23, No. 136 (April 1925), p. 10 1p (1.3 MB)
unsigned "Recent Discoveries at the Giza Pyramids" BMFA 23, No. 136 (April 1925), pp. 12-14 2pp (1 MB)
G.A. Reisner "Excavations in Egypt and Ethiopia 1922-1925" (5 pages are Giza) BMFA 23, No. 137 (June 1925), pp. 17-29 13pp (3.2 MB)
A. Sanborn "New Installation of Egyptian Sculpture" BMFA 23, No. 140 (December 1925), pp. 72-73 2pp (624 KB)
D. Dunham "New Egyptian Room Opened" BMFA 24, No. 145 (October 1926), p. 72 1p (308 KB)
G.A. Reisner "The Tomb of Queen Hetep-heres" BMFA 25 (May 1927), Special Supplement, pp. 1-36 36pp (10.4 MB)
D. Dunham "The Tomb of Queen Hetep-heres" BMFA 25, no. 150 (August 1927), p. 54 1p (380 KB)
unsigned "Notes" (sarcophagus of Meresankh") BMFA 25, no. 150 (August 1927), p. 60 1p (691 KB)
G.A. Reisner "The Tomb of Meresankh, a Great-Granddaughter of Queen Hetep-Heres I and Sneferuw" BMFA 25, no. 151 (October 1927), pp. 63-79 17pp (4.1 MB)
D. Dunham "New Installation in the Egyptian Department" BMFA 25, No. 152 (December 1927), pp. 96-98 5pp (1.3 MB)
unsigned "Bibliography of George Reisner" BMFA 26, No. 15 (February 1928), pp. 15-16 2pp (684 KB)
G.A. Reisner "The Empty Sarcophagus of the Mother of Cheops" BMFA 26, No. 157 (October 1928), pp. 76-88 13pp (3.8 MB)
D. Dunham "An Egyptian Portrait Head of the XII Dynasty" BMFA 26, No. 156 (August 1928), pp. 61-64 4pp (832 KB)
D. Dunham "New Egyptian Room Opened" BMFA 26, No. 158 (December 1928), pp. 110-111 2pp (744 KB)
G.A. Reisner "Ancient Egyptian Forts at Semna and Uronarti" BMFA 27, No. 163 (October 1929), pp. 64-75 13pp (2.4 MB)
G.A. Reisner "The Household Furniture of Queen Hetep-heres I" BMFA 27, No. 164 (December 1929), pp. 83-90 8pp (1.9 MB)
unsigned "Professor Reisner Returns to Egypt" BMFA 28, No. 165 (February 1930), p. 17 1p (980 KB)
unsigned "Egyptian Tomb Paintings" (de Garis Davies exhibition) BMFA 28, No. 165 (February 1930), p. 18 1p (544 KB)
unsigned "Egyptian Wall Paintings" (de Garis Davies exhibition) BMFA 28, No. 166 (April 1930), p. 34 9pp (3 MB)
G.A. Reisner, N.F. Wheeler "The Art of Seal Carving in Egypt in the Middle Kingdom" BMFA 28, No. 167 (June 1930), pp. 47-55 9pp (3 MB)
D. Dunham "Amulets of the Late Period" BMFA 28, No. 167 (June 1930), pp. 117-123 7pp (1.9 MB)
D. Dunham "The Late Egyptian Gallery Rearranged" BMFA 29, No. 172 (April 1931), p. 26 1p (340 KB)
N.F. Wheeler "Harvard-Boston Expedition in the Sudan, 1930-1931" BMFA 29, No. 174 (August 1931), pp. 66-70 5pp (1.9 MB)
D. Dunham "An Egyptian Bronze Aegis" BMFA 29, No. 176 (December 1931), pp. 104-109 6pp (2.1 MB)
unsigned "Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza" BMFA 29, No. 176 (December 1931), pp. 119-120 1p (772 KB)
G.A. Reisner "The Bed Canopy of the Mother of Cheops" BMFA 30, No. 180 (August 1932), pp. 55-60 8pp (1.9 MB)
D. Dunham "Fourth Egyptian Study Room Opened" BMFA 30, No. 182 (December, 1932), pp. 89-90 2pp (656 MB)
D. Dunham "Experiments with Photography in Ultra-violet Light" BMFA 31, No. 185 (June 1933), pp. 39-41 3pp (796 KB)
D. Dunham "An Ancient Egyptian Forgery?" BMFA 31, No. 187 (October 1933), pp. 79-81 3pp (1.3 MB)
G.A. Reisner "The Servants of the Ka" BMFA 32, No. 189 (February 1934), pp. 1-12 12pp (3.6 MB)
unsigned "Arrival of Egyptian Antiquities" BMFA 32, No. 190 (April 1934), p. 36 1p (528 KB)
D. Dunham "Successive Installations of a Statue of King Mycerinus" BMFA 33, No. 196 (April 1935), pp. 21-25 5pp (1.4 MB)
G.A. Reisner "Report on the Egyptian Expedition during 1934-35" BMFA 33, No. 199 (October 1935), pp. 69-77 9pp (2.2 MB)
D. Dunham "A Statuette of Two Egyptian Queens" BMFA 34, No. 201 (February 1936), pp. 3-5 3pp (1 MB)
D. Dunham "Egyptian Study Room Opened" BMFA 34, No. 202 (April 1936), p. 25 1p (368 KB)
D. Dunham "New Paintings of Egyptian Tombs" BMFA 34, No. 203 (June 1936), p. 46 1p (624 KB)
G.A. Reisner "The Dog Which was Honored by the King of Upper and Lower Egypt" BMFA 34, No. 206 (December 1936), pp. 96-99 4pp (1.4 MB)
D. Dunham "Some New Objects from Tell-el-Amarna" BMFA 35, No. 207 (February 1937), pp. 11-14 4pp (1.3 MB)
D. Dunham and E.S. Eaton "Two Parallels to Ancient Egyptian Scenes" BMFA 35, No. 210 (August 1937), pp. 50-55 6pp (1.9 MB)
D. Dunham "Two Egyptian Portraits" BMFA 35, No. 211 (October 1937), pp. 70-73 4pp (1.5 MB)
D. Dunham "Exchange of Egyptian Antiquities with the Metropolitan Museum" BMFA 35, No. 211 (October 1937), pp. 73-74 2pp (752 KB)
unsigned "Acquisitions, August 13-December 14, 1938" BMFA 36, No. 213 (February 1938), p. 18 1p (428 KB)
G.A. Reisner "Note on Objects Assigned to the Museum by the Egyptian Government" BMFA 36, No. 214 (April 1938), pp. 26-32 7pp (1.8 MB)
G.A. Reisner "A Family of Royal Estate Stewards of Dynasty V" BMFA 37, No. 220 (April 1939), pp. 29-35 7pp (1.8 MB)
D. Dunham "The Portrait Bust of Prince Ankh-haf" BMFA 37, No. 221 (June 1939), pp. 42-46, cover 6pp (1.1 MB)
D. Dunham "Some Notes on Ancient Egyptian Line Drawing" BMFA 37, No. 222 (August 1939), pp. 62-64 3pp (1.5 MB)
A. Sanborn "Hanford Lyman Story" (obituary) BMFA 37, No. 222 (August 1939), pp. 64 1p (420 KB)
unsigned "A Distinction for Dr. Reisner" BMFA 37, No. 222 (August 1939), pp. 65 1p (540 KB)
D. Dunham "An Alabaster Statuette of Prince Khnum-baf" BMFA 37, No. 224 (December 1939), pp. 117-118 2pp (676 KB)
W.S. Smith "Recent Discoveries in the Egyptian Department" BMFA 40, No. 239 (June 1940), pp. 42-49 9pp (1.96 MB)
G. Steindorff "George Andrew Reisner" (obituary) BMFA 40, No. 241 (October 1942), pp. 92-93 2pp (940 KB)
unsigned "Mr. Dunham Appointed Curator" BMFA 40, No. 242 (November 1942), pp. 116 1p (696 KB)
D. Dunham "An Experiment with an Egyptian Portrait, Ankh-haf in Modern Dress" BMFA 41, No. 243 (February 1943), p. 10 1p (396 KB)
D. Dunham "Portraiture in Ancient Egypt" BMFA 41, No. 246 (December 1943), pp. 68-72 5pp (1.4 MB)
D. Dunham "An Ethiopian Royal Sarcophagus" BMFA 43, No. 253 (October 1945), pp. 53-57 5pp (1.6 MB)
D. Dunham "An Egyptian Diadem of the Old Kingdom" BMFA 44, No. 255 (February 1946), pp. 23-29 7pp (1.7 MB)
unsigned "A New Book on Egyptian Art by William Stevenson Smith"(Notice of Publication) BMFA 44, No. 257 (October 1946), pp. 71 1p (436 KB)
B.V. Bothmer "A Wooden Statue of Dynasty VI" BMFA 46, No. 264 (June 1948), pp. 30-36 7pp (2 MB)
B.V. Bothmer "A Predynastic Egyptian Hippopotamus" BMFA 46, No. 265 (October 1948), pp. 64-69 6pp (1.2 MB)
D. Dunham "Two Pieces of Furniture from the Egyptian Sudan" BMFA 46, No. 26 (December 1948), pp. 98-101 4pp (1.3 MB)
B.V. Bothmer "The Dwarf as Bearer" BMFA 47, No. 267 (February 1949), pp. 9-11 3pp (824 MB)
W.S. Smith "Three Late Egyptian Reliefs" BMFA 47, No. 268 (June 1949), pp. 21-29 9pp (2.5 MB)
B.V. Bothmer "Two Heads of the New Kingdom" BMFA 47, No. 269 (October 1949), pp. 42-49 8pp (2.5 MB)
B.V. Bothmer "Notes on the Mycerinus Triad" BMFA 48, No. 271 (February 1950), pp. 10-17 8pp (2.4 MB)
B.V. Bothmer "Scarabaeus Venerabilis" BMFA 48, No. 274 (February 1950), pp.86-87 2pp (926 KB)
unsigned "Joseph Lindon Smith (1836-1950)" (obituary) BMFA 48, No. 274 (December 1950), p. 79 1p (813 KB)
D. Dunham "Royal Shawabti Figures from Napata" BMFA 49, No. 276 (June 1951), pp. 40-48 9pp (2 MB)
B.V. Bothmer "The Signs of Age" BMFA 49, No. 277 (October 1951), pp. 69-74 6pp (1.7 MB)
B.V. Bothmer "A Hippopotamus Statuette of the Middle Kingdom" BMFA 49, No. 278, (December 1951), pp. 98-102 5pp (1.7 MB)
B.V. Bothmer "A Granite Block of Philip Arrhidaeus" BMFA 50, No. 280 (June 1952), pp. 19-27 9pp (3.5 MB)
B.V. Bothmer "Temple Decorations of Ptolemy I Soter" BMFA 50, No. 281 (October 1952), pp. 49-56 8pp (2.9 MB)
W.S. Smith "An Eighteenth Dynasty Toilet Box" BMFA 50, No. 282 (December 1952), pp. 74-79 6pp (2.7 MB)
B.V. Bothmer "Deities from the Time of Ptolemy II Philadelphus. Ptolemaic Reliefs III" BMFA 51, No. 283 (February 1953), pp. 2-7, cover 6pp (2.4 MB)
D. Dunham "Royal Cemeteries of Kush, Vol. III, Decorated Chapels, etc." (new publication notice) BMFA 51, No. 283 (February 1953), p. 7 1p (668 KB)
unsigned "A New and Fully Revised Edition of "Ancient Egypt" BMFA 50, No. 282 (December 1952), p. 79 1p (652 KB)
W.S. Smith "The Tomb of Hetep-heres I" BMFA 51, No. 284 (June 1953), pp. 23-30 8pp (2.3 MB)
B.V. Bothmer "A Votive Tablet. Ptolemaic Reliefs IV" BMFA 51, No. 286 (December 1953), pp. 80-84 5pp (1.1 MB)
B.V. Bothmer "Membra Dispersa. King Amenhotep II Making an Offering" BMFA 52, No. 287 (February 1954), pp. 11-20 10pp (2.2 MB)
B.V. Bothmer "Amenhotep II - Restored" BMFA 52, No. 288 (June 1954), p. 41 1p (288 KB)
W.S. Smith "Five Small Egyptian Works of Art" BMFA 52, No. 290 (December 1954), pp. 84-87 4pp (1 MB)
G.A. Reisner & W.S. Smith "The Tomb of Hetep-heres, The Mother of Cheops," new publication announcement BMFA 53, No. 293 (Summer 1955), p. 68 1p (1 MB)
W.S. Smith "A Late Reflection of an Old Kingdom Relief" BMFA 53, No. 294 (Winter 1955), pp. 80-81 2pp (824 KB)
W.S. Smith "The Judge Goes Fishing" BMFA 56, No. 304 (Summer 1958), pp. 56-63 8pp (2.7 MB)
W.S. Smith "The Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt" BMFA 56, No. 304 (Summer 1958), p. 63 1p (528 KB)
W.S. Smith "Ancient Egyptian Painter's Sketch on a Flake of Limestone" BMFA 56, No. 305 (Autumn 1958), p. 102 1p (608 KB)
E.L.B. Terrace "Three Egyptian Bronzes" BMFA 57, No. 308 (Autumn 1959), pp. 48-54 7pp (2.2 MB)
W.S. Smith "Early Dynastic Egyptian Mask" BMFA 58, Nos. 313, 314 (1960), pp. 96-97 2pp (612 KB)
unsigned "New Publications" BMFA 58, No. 312 (1960), pp. 57-58 2pp (1.1 MB)
E.L.B. Terrace "A Fragmentary Triad of King Mycerinus" BMFA 59, No. 316 (1961), pp. 40-49 10pp (2.7 MB)
W.S. Smith "Linen Shroud from the Mummy of Thutmosis III" BMFA 60, No. 318 (1962), pp. 120-121 2pp (1.2 MB)
W.S. Smith "Silver Headdress from the Body of a Woman at Kerma" BMFA 60, No. 318 (1962), pp.122-123 2pp (1.2 MB)
W.S. Smith "Reconstruction of a cap with mica appliques" BMFA 60, No. 318 (1961), pp.122-123 2pp (1.2 MB)
W.S. Smith "Egyptian Faience Jar, 4th. Cent." BMFA 60, No. 322 (1962), pp. 132-133 2pp (1.2 MB)
E.L.B. Terrace "Two Amarna Reliefs" BMFA 60, No. 322 (1962), pp. 134-135 2pp (724 KB
W.S. Smith "Glazed Faience Tiles Found at Kerma" BMFA 60, No. 322 (1962), p. 136 1p (408 KB)
W.S. Smith "Head of King Akhenaten: Relief" BMFA 61, No. 325 (1963), p. 118 1p (488 KB)
E.L.B. Terrace "Funerary Figure of the "Inspector and Scribe of Offerings for the Lord of the Two Lands,  Nedjem" BMFA 61, No. 325 (1963), p. 119 1p (440 KB)
E.L.B. Terrace "Recent Acquisitions in the Department of Egyptian Art":
-Painted Vase with gazelle in relief
-Limestone Relief of Weser-Seth, Dyn. 18
-Two Amarna Reliefs: boats
-Amarna Relief: facade of palace
-Three New Kingdom rings
- Ancient Near Eastern Objects
BMFA 62, No. 328 (1964), pp. 48-64 9pp (3.9 MB)
E.L.B. Terrace "Some Recent Accessions:"
-Bronze Boy Resting; 3rd-2nd Cent. A.D.
-Faience Pectoral
-Head of Akhenaten from a shawabti
-Limestone Statuette of Thueris
BMFA 63, No. 334 (1965), pp. 221-224 4pp (724 KB)
W.S. Smith "Two Archaic Egyptian Sculptures" BMFA 65, No. 340 (1967), pp. 70-84 13pp (2.9 MB)
E.L.B. Terrace "The Entourage of an Egyptian Governor" BMFA 66, No. 343 (1968), pp. 5-27 23pp (5.1 MB)
D. Dunham "William Stevenson Smith" (Obituary) BMFA 66, No. 346 (1968), pp. 167-168 2pp (692 KB)
E. Riefstahl "A Note on Ancient Fashions" BMFA 68, No. 354 (1970), pp. 244-259 16pp (3.5 MB)
W.K. Simpson "A statuette of Amunhotpe III" BMFA 68, No. 354 (1970), pp. 260-269 10pp (2.5 MB)
unsigned "William Stevenson Smith: A Bibliography of His Writings" BMFA 68, No. 354 (1970), pp. 270-273 4pp (1.1 MB)
W.K. Simpson "A Horus-of-Nekhen statue of Amunhotep III from Soleb" BMFA 69, No. 358 (1971), pp. 152-163 13pp (2.4 MB)
W.J. Young "The Fabulous Gold of the Pactolus Valley" BMFA 70, No. 359 (1972), pp. 4-13 9pp (2.5 MB)
D. Dunham "Ancient Egyptian and Near Eastern Acquisitions and Loans from the Horace L. Mayer Collection" BMFA 70, No. 359 (1972), pp. 14-21 8pp (1.4 MB)
W.K. Simpson "Ah-mose, called Pa-tjenna" BMFA 70, Nos. 361, 362 (1972), pp. 116-117 2pp (504 KB)
W.K. Simpson "A Relief of the Royal Cup-Bearer Tja-wy" BMFA 71, No. 360 (1973), pp. 68-82 15pp (3.3 MB)
W.K. Simpson "The Middle Kingdom in Egypt: Some Recent Acquisitions" BMFA 72, No. 368 (1974), pp. 100-116 17pp (3.3 MB)
E.R. Russmann "Sunk Relief Representation of Women" BMFA 73, No. 369 (1975), pp. 34-35 2pp (792 KB)
J.D. Cooney "An Egyptian Mosaic Glass Panel" BMFA 74, No. 370 (1976), pp. 110-114 4pp (1.1 MB)
D.L. Thompson "A Painted Funerary Portrait from Roman Egypt" BMFA 74, No. 370 (1976), pp. 115-119 5pp (1.3 MB)
W.K. Simpson "Egyptian Statuary of Courtiers in Dynasty 18" BMFA 77 (1979), pp. 36-49 14pp (3.3 MB)
K.M.  Petruso "Early Weights and Weighing in Egypt and the Indus Valley" BMFA 79 (1981), pp. 44-51 8pp (2 MB)
A.M. Roth and C.H.  Roehrig "The Bersha Procession: A New Reconstruction" JMFA 1 (1989), pp. 31-40 10pp (3.3 MB)
P. Lacovara "An Ancient Egyptian Royal Pectoral" JMFA 2 (1990), pp. 18-29 12pp (3.5 MB)
R. Newman "Technical Examination of an Ancient Egyptian Royal Pectoral" JMFA 2 (1990), pp. 30-37 8pp (2.5 MB)
A. Bolshakov "What Did the Bust of Ankh-haf Originally Look Like?" JMFA 3 (1991), pp. 4-14 11pp (2.8 MB)
P. Lacovara "A New Date for an Old Hippopotamus" JMFA 4 (1992), pp. 17-26 10pp (2.5 MB)
P. Der Manuelian and C.E. Loeben "From Daughter to Father: The Recarved Egyptian Sarcophagus of Queen Hatshepsut and King Thutmose I" JMFA 5 (1993), pp. 24-61 38pp (9.3 MB)
R. Newman "Analysis of Red Paint and Filling Material from the Sarcophagus of Queen Hatshepsut and King Thutmose I" JMFA 5 (1993), pp. 62-65 4pp (1.2 MB)
S. Gänsicke "King Aspelta's Vessel Hoard from Nuri in the Sudan" JMFA 6 (1994), pp. 14-40 27pp (6 MB)