Sources
Historical sources, original research, catalogues and archival references. Document type and inspection scope are recorded independently.
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Vyse II · p. 76
Before the passages were opened
Inspection: Stated source examinedRead directly · 1840Vyse II · p. 77
Journal, 1 August 1837
Inspection: Stated source examinedRead directly · 1840Vyse II · p. 78
Entrance and passages
Inspection: Stated source examinedRead directly · 1840Vyse II · p. 79
Portcullis and earlier interventions
Inspection: Stated source examinedRead directly · 1840Vyse II · p. 80
Upper chamber and construction of the burial chamber
Inspection: Stated source examinedRead directly · 1840Vyse II · p. 81
The large chamber and access to the burial chamber
Inspection: Stated source examinedRead directly · 1840Vyse II · p. 82
The granite-lined burial chamber
Inspection: Stated source examinedRead directly · 1840Vyse II · p. 83
Movement of the sarcophagus and the beginning of its removal
Inspection: Stated source examinedRead directly · 1840Vyse II · p. 84
Description, removal and report concerning the ship
Inspection: Stated source examinedRead directly · 1840Vyse II · p. 85
Missing lid and absence of inscriptions
Inspection: Stated source examinedRead directly · 1840Vyse II · p. 86
Wooden coffin, human remains and Raven’s letter
Inspection: Stated source examinedRead directly · 1840Vyse II · p. 87
Earlier visitors and interpretation of the finds
Inspection: Stated source examinedRead directly · 1840Vyse II · p. 88
Continuation of the work
Inspection: Stated source examinedRead directly · 1840Vyse II · p. 89
Journal, 3 August 1837
Inspection: Stated source examinedRead directly · 1840Perring · sarcophagus with reconstructed lid
Elevations, sections and plan. The title explicitly states “with lid restored”.
Inspection: Stated source examinedRead directly · 1840Plate · Sepulchral chamber, Third Pyramid
Historical depiction of the lower burial chamber; not a modern photograph.
Inspection: Stated source examinedRead directly · 1840Plate · large chamber of the Third Pyramid
Historical depiction of the large upper chamber. Captioned “Third Pyramid”; preserved in the supplied volume extract.
Inspection: Stated source examinedRead directly · 1840Nicky Nielsen · mercantile networks
Modern scholarly study bringing together diplomatic documents, a ship survey, press reports and archival references.
Inspection: Stated source examinedRead directly · 2024Menkaure · official monument description
Institutional description of the pyramid and temple complex.
Inspection: Stated source examinedCatalogue consulted · n.d.British Museum · stone fragment EA6646
The museum catalogue describes a small fragment from the upper edge of the stone sarcophagus.
Inspection: Stated source examinedCatalogue and photographs read directly · 1838 / current catalogueBritish Museum · wooden coffin EA6647
Wooden anthropoid coffin, reconstructed from fragments; the museum catalogue dates it to the 26th Dynasty.
Inspection: Extract or selected material examinedOfficial catalogue extract checked; full page unavailable · 1838 / current catalogueBeatrice · ship survey, 1835
The official archive catalogue result identifies the survey; the complete scan has not yet been independently consulted for this archive.
Inspection: Metadata checked; work or file not examinedOriginal not yet consulted · 1835Foreign Office · instruction to Campbell
Instruction concerning transport; cited by Nielsen, pp. 316–317, note 12.
Inspection: Original not examinedOriginal not yet consulted · 1838Foreign Office · Campbell on the firman
Campbell reports an export authorisation and a transport contract; Nielsen, p. 317, note 14. The firman itself is not included.
Inspection: Original not examinedOriginal not yet consulted · 1838British Museum · acceptance of the donation
Decision and £150 allocated for transport; reported by Nielsen, pp. 315–316, note 11.
Inspection: Original not examinedOriginal not yet consulted · 1838British Museum · insurance payment
Receipt of a net £148 from Francis & Co.; Nielsen, p. 323, note 38.
Inspection: Original not examinedOriginal not yet consulted · 1839Malta · crew list, 1836
Thirteen crew members on a voyage in 1836. A reproduction appears in Nielsen, p. 322, fig. 3; this is not the crew list for 1838.
Inspection: Extract or selected material examinedReproduction in Nielsen consulted · 1836Il Mediterraneo · 17 October 1838
Shipping notices concerning Beatrice and Blazer; reproduced in Nielsen, p. 323, fig. 4. The complete newspaper and its context still require comparison.
Inspection: Extract or selected material examinedExtract in Nielsen consulted · 1838Liverpool Albion · missing-ship report
Report that no further news had been received of Beatrice since her reported departure. The original edition and date require independent verification.
Inspection: Original not examinedOriginal not yet consulted · 1839Beatrice · earlier seamen’s lists
Archival lead for earlier crew members and Whichelo’s sons.
Inspection: Original not examinedOriginal not yet consulted · 1835–1836Campbell · letter concerning embarkation
Indirect transmission through successive publications: the original letter and precise date are absent from this corpus.
Inspection: Original not examinedOriginal not yet consulted · 1838ARQVA · the Navidad wreck
Participant report on rejection of the 1997 La Podadera lead and the separately discovered Navidad wreck, identified as Vargas.
Inspection: Original not examinedRead directly · 2023Vyse, Hawkins and Forshall · January 1838 letters
The offer of the objects and the museum’s response; the original correspondence should be requested from the museum archives.
Inspection: Original not examinedOriginal not yet consulted · 1838Register of Shipping · 1829–1834
Annual registers for comparing ownership, rig, registration and trade routes.
Inspection: Original not examinedOriginal not yet consulted · 1829–1834Press reports · final outward voyage, 1837–1838
Original reports concerning Liverpool, Civitavecchia and Alexandria.
Inspection: Original not examinedOriginal not yet consulted · 1837–1838Cargo advertisement · 1 September 1837
Cotton, other merchandise and cases described as natural history.
Inspection: Original not examinedOriginal not yet consulted · 1837Whichelo · portrait and reverse
Miniature portrait and handwritten biographical note.
Inspection: Extract or selected material examinedArchival reference not yet established · n.d.Negueruela · the 1997 search, participant account
The museum director describes the early 1997 museum–navy investigation and discovery of the Navidad wreck.
Inspection: Extract or selected material examinedRelevant pages read directly · 2003; fieldwork: early 1997ARQUA · geophysical surveys of 2007–2011
Participant report documenting the 2007–2008 Cartagena campaigns, instruments, survey zones and selected results.
Inspection: Stated source examinedComplete seven-page paper read directly · ARQUA 2011 proceedings; fieldwork: 2007–2011Aurora Trust · Cartagena project record
The participating organisation’s account and photographic archive of its Cartagena seabed survey.
Inspection: Stated source examinedInstitutional project page read directly · Fieldwork sections: 2007 and 2008; page undatedBoughton · 2010 search update
Online update attributing a negative Beatrice result, with a survey-area limitation, to Timmy Gambin.
Inspection: Extract or selected material examinedPublished update read; underlying correspondence unseen · 2 July 2010El País · Clos project announcement, 1995
An interview with foundation director Adolf Luna about preparatory work for Salvar al Faraón.
Inspection: Stated source examinedContemporary report read directly · 14 May 1995El País · proposed search schedule, 1995
Companion announcement giving a prospective search start and proposed area.
Inspection: Stated source examinedContemporary report read directly · 14 May 19952008 · Hawass / Ballard search proposal
Contemporary reporting names Hawass, proposed financing and potential underwater collaborators.
Inspection: Extract or selected material examinedContemporary digest read; project records unseen · 14 June 2008Nacho Ares · testimony about a 2020 meeting
Ares recalls being present when Hawass and Carmen Calvo discussed a proposed project.
Inspection: Stated source examinedPublished first-person interview read directly · 27 February 2025; recalled event: January 2020David Gibbins · documentary research for Pharaoh
First-person account of register research undertaken while writing the novel Pharaoh.
Inspection: Stated source examinedAuthor’s original commentary read directly · 28 August 2013Ares · earlier initiatives requiring original records
Later account naming earlier British initiatives, Spanish researchers in 1985 and the Clos proposal.
Inspection: Stated source examinedRetrospective article read; cited project files unseen · April 20131997 museum–navy campaign · original files sought
Records needed to reconstruct the search footprint and candidate rejection in detail.
Inspection: Underlying files not locatedCampaign documented; original operational file not examined · 1996–19972007–2008 museum–Aurora surveys · datasets sought
Original operational records needed to assess coverage and detection limits.
Inspection: Underlying files not locatedPublished survey examined; full datasets not examined · 2007–2008Pharaoh · fiction and US edition record
Publisher’s edition and genre information for a fictional Jack Howard adventure.
Inspection: Metadata checked; work or file not examinedPublisher record read directly; novel not reviewed in full · 2013-10-01Gibbins · Pyramid introduction and fictional excerpt
The author explicitly places the discovery and return to Beatrice within his two novels.
Inspection: Extract or selected material examinedAuthor’s introduction and excerpt read directly · 2015-03-05Pyramid · fiction and UK edition record
Publisher’s bibliographic record for the UK hardcover of the adventure novel.
Inspection: Metadata checked; work or file not examinedPublisher record read directly; novel not reviewed in full · 2014-11-06Blasco Ibáñez · travel-writing account, 1925
A 1925 travel retelling claims a floating coffin was recovered; this passage identifies no supporting eyewitness or documentary source.
Inspection: Stated source examinedOriginal printed page 321 and catalogue read directly · 1925Baltimont · Le sarcophage de Mykérinos, comic
A fictional comic adventure uses Beatrice and the lost sarcophagus as the premise for Professor Baltimont’s expedition.
Inspection: Extract or selected material examinedPublisher’s synopsis and opening excerpt page read; full album not reviewed · French editions recorded: 2015 and 2019; publisher page undatedFiechter · À la recherche du sarcophage perdu de Mykérinos
French novel concerning the lost sarcophagus; classified as a novel in the institutional author bibliography.
Inspection: Metadata checked; work or file not examinedTitle, year and genre identified; complete novel not read · 2005Fiechter · Mykérinos, le dieu englouti, study awaiting review
An earlier historical study, distinct from the 2005 novel. Its substantive arguments remain unassessed here.
Inspection: Metadata checked; work or file not examinedHistorical work identified; contents and references not assessed · 2001Mémoires d’Ici · Fiechter’s Mykérinos papers
Identified archival series associated with both books, including manuscript and documentation subseries.
Inspection: Metadata checked; work or file not examinedArchival catalogue checked; underlying papers not examined · Works: 2001 / 2005; archive catalogue consulted 2026Ricca and La Russa · underwater stone conservation review
Review of underwater stone deterioration, diagnosis and conservation; comparative background for conditional scenarios.
Inspection: Extract or selected material examinedOriginal open-access review examined, especially sections 2–3; no Menkaure-specific analysis · 29 May 2020Cámara et al. · experimental marble exposure in Cádiz
Primary 18-month experiment comparing two marbles under exposed and buried conditions in the Bay of Cádiz.
Inspection: Extract or selected material examinedOriginal abstract, methods and relevant results/discussion in the accepted manuscript examined · 2017; published online 20 JulyVyse II · Appendix p. 123, sarcophagus measurements
Original table of external and internal sarcophagus dimensions in feet and inches.
Inspection: Stated source examinedOriginal 1840 title page and measurement table visually checked · 1840Abdelaziz and Elsayed · Qaitbay photogrammetry
Primary survey report on submerged architecture, with observations of changing sand cover and surface concretions.
Inspection: Extract or selected material examinedOriginal fieldwork paper, figure 4 and site-change discussion examined · 2019; photographic fieldwork began 2014Martens · Antikythera statues and surviving surfaces
Original study identifying Herakles Γ 5742 and discussing marble, marine damage and traces protected by sediment.
Inspection: Extract or selected material examinedRelevant first-hand museum-study sections and object identification examined · 29 September 2025, online publicationNatural Earth · geographical base map
Generalised land outlines for the voyage evidence map; no historical route or wreck position is encoded.
Inspection: Stated source examinedPublic-domain land dataset and terms checked; cartographic context only · Dataset retrieved 16 October 2026Vyse II · architectural Plate I
Plans and Sections of Passages in the Third Pyramid.
Inspection: Stated source examinedComplete original plate and relevant text visually examined · 1840Vyse II · architectural Plate II
Small Ante-room and Portcullis in the Third Pyramid.
Inspection: Stated source examinedComplete original plate and relevant text visually examined · 1840Vyse II · architectural Plate III
Plans and Sections of Apartments in the Third Pyramid.
Inspection: Stated source examinedComplete original plate and relevant text visually examined · 1840No records match these filters.