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    A mastaba (/ˈmæstəbə/ MASS-tə-bə, /ˈmɑːstɑːbɑː/ MAHSS-tah-bah or /mɑːˈstɑːbɑː/ mahss-TAH-bah), also mastabah or mastabat) is a type of ancient Egyptian...
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    pyramids are at Saqqara, west of Memphis. Step-pyramid-like structures, like Mastaba 3808 attributed to pharaoh Anedjib, may the predate the Pyramid of Djoser...
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    contains several stone-built mastabas dating from as late as the 6th Dynasty. Tombs from the time of Menkaure include the mastabas of the royal chamberlain...
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    the form of a mastaba before alterations (P1 to P2) were made to create its step pyramidal form. In the first stage (M1), the mastaba had a square plan...
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  • He is mainly known from his mastaba that was found at Saqqara. Many decorated parts were brought to the Louvre. The mastaba of Akhethetep is inscribed...
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    London Mastaba, the nearby Serpentine Gallery presented an exhibition of the artists' work, entitled Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Barrels and The Mastaba 1958–2018...
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    The mastaba of Kanefer is located in Giza western necropolis at the third row behind the core mastaba G 2100. As the owner was identified Prince Kanefer...
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    The Mastaba of Seshemnefer IV is a mastaba tomb in Cemetery GIS of the Giza Necropolis in Egypt. It dates from the early Sixth Dynasty (c. 2340 BC), and...
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    Shepseskaf's decisions to abandon the Giza necropolis and to build a mastaba, that is a flat-roofed rectangular structure, rather than a pyramid for...
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    The Mastaba of Hesy-re is an ancient Egyptian tomb complex in the great necropolis of Saqqara in Egypt. It is the final resting place of the high official...
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    The Mastaba of Ti is one of the most important archaeological sites of Saqqara. The mastaba was discovered by Auguste Mariette. The mastaba contains two...
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    flourish. Building experiments done by King Sneferu led to the evolution of mastaba tombs into the smooth sided pyramids like those seen on the Giza Plateau...
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    Mastabat al-Fir'aun (category Mastabas)
    Maṣṭabat al-Firʿawn), also referred to in Egyptological literature as the Mastaba el-Faraun, Mastabat el-Faraun or Mastabat Faraun, and meaning "Bench of...
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    one of the most distinguished members of the royal court. Ptahshepses' mastaba complex in Abusir is considered by many to be the most extensive and architecturally...
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    Khaba (section Mastaba Z500)
    el'Aryan belongs to him. Others believe instead that his tomb is a large mastaba close to the Layer Pyramid, where numerous stone vessels bearing Khaba's...
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    Kanefer (section Mastaba)
    buried in a mastaba at the Dahshur necropolis. Information about his person and position of power is drawn from the remains uncovered in the mastaba is in question...
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    The Mastaba of Kaninisut (or Ka-ni-nisut ['"KҘ(j)-nj-nśw.t"]), or Mastaba G 2155, is an ancient Egyptian mastaba tomb, located at the west field of the...
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    contains several mastabas built of stone, which date to as late as the 6th Dynasty. Tombs from the time of Menkaure include the mastabas of the royal chamberlain...
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    Ptahhotep (section Mastaba)
    located in a mastaba in North Saqqara (Mastaba D62). His grandson Ptahhotep Tjefi, who lived during the reign of Unas, was buried in the mastaba of his father...
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    pyramid and contains reliefs of his image. Some stones of his badly damaged mastaba are marked with dates referring to Khufu's reign. His statue can be found...
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    Menkauhor Mastaba of Ti Mastaba of Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum Pyramid of Unas Mastaba of Ptahhotep Pyramid of Teti (Dynasty Six) Mastaba of Mereruka Mastaba of...
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  • Mastaba S3504 (Saqqara Tomb No. 3504) is a large mastaba tomb located in the Saqqara necropolis in Lower Egypt. It was built during the reign of the ancient...
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    Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum (category Mastabas)
    exploration of their mastaba John Hirst and Thierry Benderitter, "The Mastaba of Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep," Complete virtual tour of mastaba. Osirisnet.net...
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    found by Walter Emery in 1936 in the north of the Saqqara necropolis in mastaba S3111, the grave of the ancient Egyptian official Sabu after whom it is...
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    as both economy and office administration flourished. Hesire's tomb, mastaba S-2405, is situated in Saqqara; it was discovered in 1861 by French archaeologists...
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  • with the name of Idu, "king's eldest son of his body", buried in the mastaba of Vizier Akhethetep/Hemi, buried in a fallen Vizier's tomb, within the...
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    Memphis. In Zawyet El Aryan, there are two pyramid complexes and five mastaba cemeteries. The Layer Pyramid was built in the Third Dynasty, probably...
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    place for some of the family members of Khufu. The cemetery also includes mastabas from tenants and priests of the pyramids dated to the 5th and 6th Dynasty...
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    statue of him which, with a statue of his wife, was excavated from his mastabas at Meidum in 1871 by Auguste Mariette. These describe him as "High Priest...
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    Khafraanch's mastabas G 7948 is located in a zone Eastern necropolis of Giza on extrema east ridge of necropolis behind a row of G 7000 mastabas, dated to...
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