‘Giza Studies’ is an ambitious project, aimed at re-documenting, studying and publishing as many as possible of the Giza mastabas and rock tombs which would benefit from a detailed new publication. Priority is being given to tombs that need clearer photographs and detailed line drawings, further analysis of its owner’s social background, family descent and career, or tombs with controversial dating, or unusual architecture, scenes or inscriptions. As tombs reflect the time at which they were built, their careful examination is essential for our understanding of the exact development of various aspects of Egyptian civilisation over time. Volume 2 of Giza Studies examines three wholly or partly rock tombs/mastabas hewed in a ridge of rock, which presumably resulted from earlier cutting of stone for the construction of nearby pyramids. This part of the cemetery was excavated by Selim Hassan in 1933–1934 and published in 1944. Evidence presented by the present authors clearly suggests that the three tombs were close to each other in date, late in the Fifth Dynasty, and their owners may have all been related; at least two of them, Noferherenptah and Itysen, were probably father and son. Fully illustrated with both line drawings and colour photographs, the present volume contains a comprehensive account of the mastabas of Itysen (G 8140), Noferherenptah (G 8412) and Sewef (G 8424), including discussions of their family members & dependents, proposed dating of the tombs, architectural features and scenes & inscriptions.