which is known for housing tombs and senior officials from the Old Kingdom of Egypt. The mission has previously uncovered a mastaba belonging to Minister Weni, who is famous for having the longest ...

It's a "mastaba" tomb, which is a type of flat-roofed structure ... Teti Nebu Fu is described as a doctor and "magician". In ancient Egypt, magicians were seen as a kind of sorcerer, using staffs ...

Zahi Hawass describes some of the private tombs of the Old Kingdom, built in the expectation of continuing needs in the afterlife ...

The team has previously found a mastaba tomb of Weni the Elder, an ancient Egyptian judge, general, and politician who is famous for the longest biography of a senior statesman in ancient Egypt.

The burial chambers, known as mastabas, held particularly important ... complemented each other in ancient Egypt. The elaborate tomb reflects Teti Neb Fu's prestigious position.

Ancient Egypt had many more pyramids than those at Giza. The lesser known pyramids of Step, Bent and Red still stand today, ...

The doctor was found in a 'mastaba' tomb, which is a type of flat-roofed structure often used to mark the burials of important ancient Egyptians The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have made multiple discoveries of rock-cut tombs and burial shafts in Luxor, which date back 3,600 years. According to a statement released by Zahi Hawass Foundation for ...

A mastaba is a typical funerary structure of ancient Egypt, primarily used during the Old Kingdom. These rectangular monuments, with sloping walls, served as tombs for nobles and high officials before ...

(photo credit: Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.) A joint French-Swiss archaeological mission discovered a 4,000-year-old mudbrick mastaba tomb belonging to Teti Neb Fu, a royal ...