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Mastaba

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Mastabas

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MASTABA, the old Egyptian tomb | The virtual reconstruction #SCAPE3D

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Mastaba Art History Definition

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Bakshasar - Mastaba

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DIGITAL GIZA: Giza 3D - Tour of the Mastaba Tomb of Nefer (G 2110)

A mastaba or pr-djt is a type of ancient Egyptian tomb in the form of a flat-roofed, rectangular structure with inward sloping sides, constructed out of mud-bricks. These edifices marked the burial sites of many eminent Egyptians during Egypt's Early Dynastic Period and Old Kingdom. In the Old Kingdom epoch, local kings began to be buried in pyramids instead of in mastabas, although non-royal use of mastabas continued for over a thousand years. Egyptologists call these tombs mastaba, from the Arabic word مسطبة "stone bench".