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Old Kingdom Architecture

Author: Ian McConnell
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Terms to Know
Mastaba

A type of Egyptian tomb, rectangular, brick or stone, flat roofed with sloping sides built over a tomb and connected by a shaft.

Necropolis

A large cemetery or burial ground, literally city of the dead.

Serdab

Used during the Old Kingdom, a cellar and a chamber in a tomb for the ka statue of a deceased person.