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Definition of Mastabas
1. mastaba [n] - See also: mastaba
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mastabas
Literary usage of Mastabas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. El Kab by James Edward Quibell (1898)
"The upper of these two sketches by Mr. Clarke shows the two mastabas, C and D,
in course of excavation, the great wall of El Kab behind. ..."
2. The Mummy: Chapters on Egyptian Funereal Archaeology by Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge (1894)
"The tombs of the wealthy were made in the shape of mastabas, pyramids, and scries
of chambers hewn in the mountains on the eastern and western banks of the ..."
3. A History of Art in Ancient Egypt by Georges Perrot, Charles Chipiez (1883)
"THE mastabas OF THE NECROPOLIS OF MEMPHIS. The space over which the monuments
which we propose to describe are spread, is on the left bank of the Nile, ..."
4. Manual of Egyptian Archæology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt by Gaston Maspero (1902)
"Many mastabas are from 30 to 40 feet in height, 150 feet in length, and 80 feet
in width; while others do not exceed 10 feet in height or 15 feet in length. ..."
5. The Land of the Monuments: Notes of Egyptian Travel by Joseph Pollard (1898)
"... House—mastabas and tombs— The Great Pyramid, the Second, the Third—Its
interior—The six small Pyramids—The Zodiacal Light—The Sphinx—The Temple of the ..."
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