1) Ancient Egyptian architecture 2) Egyptian tomb 3) Grave 4) Mastabah 5) Monument type 6) Tomb
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1) Mastabah
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A mastaba (ɑː, or ɑː) or `pr-djt` (meaning `house for eternity` or `eternal house`), is a type of ancient Egyptian tomb in the form of a flat-roofed, rectangular structure with outward sloping sides, constructed out of mud-bricks (from the Nile River) or stone. Mastabas marked the burial sites of many eminent Egyptians during Egypt`s Ea...
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• Alt. of Mastabah
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(from the article `building construction`) Within the long tradition of brick masonry, stone construction appeared abruptly, with little transition. The brick mastaba tombs of the early kings ... ...later development. The masonry techniques look to brickwork for models and show little concern for the structural potential of stone. The p...
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Ancient Egyptian tomb. A mastaba had an outer chamber, in which offerings were made, and an inner chamber which contained a statue of the dead person and a shaft which descended...
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Mas'ta·ba noun Also
Mas'ta*bah [ Arabic
maçtabah 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 slo...
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n] - an ancient Egyptian mudbrick tomb with a rectangular base and sloping sides and flat roof
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The Arabic word meaning; 'bench'. Used to describe tombs of the Early Dynastic Period and Old Kingdom. The basic form resembled a bench.
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mastabah noun an ancient Egyptian mud-brick tomb with a rectangular base and sloping sides and flat roof; `the Egyptian pyramids developed from the mastaba`
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A term derived from an Arabic word meaning bench. It denotes a type of tomb with a rectangular brick or stone superstructure with sloping walls surmounting a burial chamber and storage area. This type of tomb was used for royal and non-royal burials.
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name for the earliest type of brick or stone tomb found in Egypt. They were built before the pyramids and have a flat top and sides that slope inwards. The word mastaba means a bench in Arabic.
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