mastaba

Noun

Meaning

an ancient Egyptian mud-brick tomb with a rectangular base and sloping sides and flat roof

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

mastabah sepulchre barrow sepulcher tope reliquary dolmen grave burial pit pyramid vault acre crypt mausoleum
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Hypernyms

grave tomb

Examples

the Egyptian pyramids developed from the mastaba Source: Internet

And this, he believes, is what gives him the freedom to create work like "The London Mastaba" and countless other provocative projects, many of which were masterminded while his late wife and creative collaborator, Jeanne Claude, was still alive. Source: Internet

Moreover, one of the oldest attestations of the god Osiris appears in the mastaba of the deceased Netjer-wser (God Almighty). Source: Internet

The increasing power and wealth of the pharaohs during the early dynastic period was reflected in their elaborate mastaba tombs and mortuary cult structures at Abydos, which were used to celebrate the deified pharaoh after his death. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

mast year mast- masta mastabah mastacembelid mastacembeloid