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Mastaba
Mastaba Mas"ta*ba, n. Also Mastabah Mas"ta*bah . [Ar.
ma[,c]tabah a large stone bench.]
1. In Mohammedan countries, a fixed seat, common in dwellings
and in public places.
2. (Egyptology) A type of tomb, of the time of the Memphite
dynasties, comprising an oblong structure with sloping
sides (sometimes containing a decorated chamber, sometimes
of solid masonry), and connected with a mummy chamber in
the rock beneath.
Meaning of Mastaba from wikipedia
- A
mastaba (/ˈmæstəbə/ M****-tə-bə, /
ˈmɑːstɑːbɑː/ MAHSS-tah-bah or /
mɑːˈstɑːbɑː/ mahss-TAH-bah), also
mastabah or mastabat) is a type of
ancient Egyptian...
- 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...
- step-pyramid-like
structure has been
found at Saqqara,
dating to the
First Dynasty:
Mastaba 3808,
which has been
attributed to the
reign of
Pharaoh Anedjib, with inscriptions...
- 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...
- 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...
-
London Mastaba, the
nearby Serpentine Gallery presented an
exhibition of the artists' work,
entitled Christo and Jeanne-Claude:
Barrels and The
Mastaba 1958–2018...
-
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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
