# Quarry marks of work gangs naming Khufu in the relieving chambers

> Red-painted gang names and cartouches on the backs of blocks, written before the blocks were set and never meant to be seen.

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**ART** 0CSMP8E602WD·Artifact · object

# Quarry marks of work gangs naming Khufu in the relieving chambers

Document400 pagesPublic domainKhufu's reign

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Red-painted gang names and cartouches on the backs of blocks, written before the blocks were set and never meant to be seen.

Richard William Howard-Vyse and John Shae Perring, 1837. Public domain

## Copies 1

**Document** Richard William Howard-Vyse and John Shae Perring · archive.org · 1840 · Public domainPrimary source: [Operations Carried on at the Pyramids of Gizeh in 1837, volume 1](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CSMNNCT1QX8/operations-carried-on-at-the-pyramids-of-gizeh-in-1837)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://archive.org/details/operationscarrie01howa)[Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/1d57ace47148e8fe21919037da183b4ea97b07de4f1d7b00ab1944401292718f)

## Where it was made

[Great Pyramid of Giza](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CSMNNCT3J8K/great-pyramid-of-giza) · Pyramid

## Sources 2

- [Building in Egypt: Pharaonic Stone Masonry](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CSMNHFT29PG/building-in-egypt-pharaonic-stone-masonry)_SRC_
- [Operations Carried on at the Pyramids of Gizeh in 1837, volume 1](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CSMNNCT1QX8/operations-carried-on-at-the-pyramids-of-gizeh-in-1837)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Quarry marks of work gangs naming Khufu in the relieving chambers [Artifact ART0CSMP8E602WD]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CSMP8E602WD
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Key

**ART** 0CSMP8E602WD

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Object

Held by

In situ, relieving chambers above the King's Chamber

Dated

Khufu's reign; first recorded by Howard-Vyse and Perring, 1837

Licence

Public domain

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[Great Pyramid of Giza](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CSMNNCT3J8K/great-pyramid-of-giza)

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[How the Great Pyramid was built](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-pyramid)

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