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mas·ta·ba

also mas·ta·bah  (măs′tə-bə)
n.
An ancient Egyptian tomb with a rectangular base, sloping sides, and a flat roof.

[Arabic masṭaba, maṣṭaba, stone bench, from Aramaic masṭabtā, maṣṭabtā, bench, dais, perhaps from Greek stibas, bed of straw, bed, grave, or perhaps of Iranian origin; perhaps akin to Persian satāvand, portico, balcony.]
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mastaba

(ˈmæstəbə) or

mastabah

n
(Architecture) a mudbrick superstructure above tombs in ancient Egypt from which the pyramid developed
[from Arabic: bench]
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mas•ta•ba

or mas•ta•bah

(ˈmæs tə bə)

n., pl. -bas or -bahs.
an ancient rectangular Egyptian tomb with sloping sides and a flat roof.
[1595–1605; < Arabic maṣṭabah]
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Noun1.mastaba - an ancient Egyptian mud-brick tomb with a rectangular base and sloping sides and flat roofmastaba - an ancient Egyptian mud-brick tomb with a rectangular base and sloping sides and flat roof; "the Egyptian pyramids developed from the mastaba"
tomb, grave - a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone); "he put flowers on his mother's grave"
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The pyramid consisted of six mastabas (of decreasing size) built atop one another in what were clearly revisions and developments of the original plan.
One important study of central relevance to the issues raised in Lacher-Raschdorff's analysis is Wengrow 2006, which provides a sophisticated investigation of the continuities and contrasts between the Early Dynastic mastabas at Abydos and Saqqara, on the one hand, and the mortuary complexes of the succeeding Third Dynasty, on the other.
As principais fontes usadas para estudarmos o que pode ser considerado como atividades fisicas egipcias antigas sao datadas de tres periodos da historia desse povo e sao, em sua maioria, provenientes de decoracoes parietais: Antigo Imperio (2649-2152 a.C.), com as representacoes nas Mastabas de Ptahhotep e Mereruka, em Saqqarah; Medio Imperio (2040-1640 a.C.), com as representacoes parietais nas tumbas de Beni Hassan (Kanawati & Woods 2010); e Novo Imperio (1550-1070 a.C.), com a decoracao parietal das tumbas dos particulares.
If you are interested in museums, ancient tombs and culture then Giza, Saqqara and Luxor is your destination where you can enjoy ancient Egyptian royal mortuary and sacred structures, including the Great Sphinx, the Great Pyramids of Giza, a number of other large pyramids and temples, and Cairo's modern tower, including the world's oldest standing step pyramid, as well as a number of mastabas. Luxor, sometimes called the 'world's greatest open air museum', includes the ruins of the temple complexes at Karnak and Luxor.
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