Start
End
StartEnd
Updated:Apr 23, 2026
|Privacy Policy

Mastaba Tombs of the Early Dynastic and Old Kingdom Periods (c. 3100–2200 BCE)

Mastaba Tombs of the Early Dynastic and Old Kingdom Periods (c. 3100–2200 BCE)

  1. Mastabas become standard Early Dynastic elite tombs

    Labels: Mastaba, Early Dynastic, Mudbrick

  2. North Saqqara mastaba cemetery expands near Memphis

    Labels: North Saqqara, Memphis, Mastaba

  3. Palace-façade niches spread on Early Dynastic mastabas

    Labels: Palace Fa, Early Dynastic, Mastaba

  4. Large First Dynasty mastaba built for Hemaka

    Labels: Hemaka, Mastaba S3035, Saqqara

  5. Early Dynastic mastabas develop deeper chambers and access ways

    Labels: Mastaba, Burial Shaft, Early Dynastic

  6. Djoser’s Step Pyramid begins as a mastaba

    Labels: Djoser, Step Pyramid, Saqqara

  7. Meidum mastaba yields Rahotep and Nofret statues

    Labels: Meidum, Rahotep, Nofret

  8. Old Kingdom mastabas formalize chapel and false door

    Labels: False Door, Offering Chapel, Old Kingdom

  9. Shepseskaf builds the royal Mastabat el-Fara’un

    Labels: Shepseskaf, Mastabat el-Fara'un, South Saqqara

  10. Fifth Dynasty mastabas at Saqqara expand narrative reliefs

    Labels: Saqqara, Fifth Dynasty, Mastaba

  11. Perneb’s late Fifth Dynasty mastaba emphasizes serdab and chapel

    Labels: Perneb, Serdab, Offering Chapel

  12. Sixth Dynasty mastabas reach peak scale in the Teti cemetery

    Labels: Teti Cemetery, Mereruka, Sixth Dynasty

  13. Mastaba tradition persists as Old Kingdom power decentralizes

    Labels: Old Kingdom, Provincial Elite, Mastaba Tradition