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

A joint French-Swiss archaeological mission discovered a 4,000-year-old mudbrick mastaba tomb belonging to Teti Neb Fu, a royal physician from the reign of Pharaoh Pepi II, at the Saqqara ...

Detail of the interior of the mastaba with the physician's tomb found in Egypt. Credit: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of Egypt In the southern area of the Saqqara archaeological zone, known for ...

“A joint French-Swiss archaeological mission has uncovered the mastaba tomb of a royal physician named ‘Teti Neb Fu’ in the southern part of Saqqara, dating back to the Old Kingdom during the reign of ...

Teti Neb Fu's tomb is a 'mastaba' – a rectangular superstructure with a flat roof typically constructed of limestone or mudbricks. As well as the tomb, the team discovered a stone sarcophagus ...

The excavations, conducted on the eastern slope of Saqqara, revealed four mastaba tombs from the late 2nd Dynasty and early 3rd Dynasties and over 10 burials from the 18th Dynasty of the New Kingdom.

Specifically, the tomb is a mastaba—a flat-roofed, rectangular structure made from adobe—that was found with a fake door with inscriptions and drawings on it identifying it as belonging to a ...

It's a "mastaba" tomb, which is a type of flat-roofed structure often used to mark the burials of important ancient Egyptians. The tomb was discovered as part of a joint French-Swiss ...

The architect of the Great Pyramid of Giza is generally believed to have been a man named Hemiunu. What do we really know ...

Teti Neb Fu, a high-ranking physician during Pharaoh Pepi II's reign, held titles like Chief Dentist, Priest of Serket, and Director of Medicinal Plants. Archaeologists discover 4,000-year-old ...