Single Mastaba of Nebet and Khenut

Mastaba of Nebet

To the northwest of the Pyramid of King Unas is the big Double Mastaba of "Nebet" and "Khenut", Unas's wives, which earlier covered an area of 161ft/49m by 72ft/22m and stood 13 ft/4 metre high. Both tombs have the very ground plan and layout, reflecting the equal status of the two occupiers. Khenut's tomb, to the west, is much finished, but Nebet's is well kept and worth close inspection.

The entrance, on the southwest side, leads into an antechamber of some size, the walls of which are decorated with rests of the dead Queen navigation in a boat through the marshes, etc. To the left (westward) of this chamber is a spacious open court, without decoration, and straight on is a second, earlier, antechamber with highly unusual mural eases showing Nebet with servants bringing in food and sledges laden with great jars; one of the women of the serail is a dwarf. On the north wall, preceding the door, Nebet is read seated in front of votive oblations.

Mastaba of Nefer-her-ptah (The Bird Tomb)

A mastaba that belonged to Nefer-her-en-Ptah who went during the 5th Dynasty. His principal title was "the head of the stylists of the Great House". It is a small tomb of just one room mounted with interesting but undone paintings that are finely executed. It disagrees from the other graves for several concludes. First, the paintings are done in red ochre, then adjusted and finished in grey on which the sculptors had not begun to run the reliefs. The decorations show scenes from agricultural life, such as milking, checking hearts, wine pressing, gathering of Acer pseudoplatanus figs, and the cultivation of gardens. On the crowning panel of the west wall, there is a signal big scene of bird hunting that gives the tomb the name, the bird tomb.

Pyramid of Teti

Pyramid of Teti

The pyramid of Teti was constructed at North Saqqara on the only left spot, south of the 1st and 2nd Dynasty mastabas and to the north of the pyramid of Userkaf. By this time, the layout of the complex, both inside and right, had become almost standardized, though the chapel in front of the entrance to the tomb is somewhat of a freshness. The pyramid had a paced core with a smooth outer incase. Inside, a corridor comes from the north to a chamber. After this, a further, horizontal corridor passes by three portcullises before

Text show cartouche of Teti from his pyramid

The mortuary complex outside was accessible by means of a valley temple and causeway, both now lost. Large magazines flanked the long entrance hall and the court behind, here embedded by square granite pillars reminiscent of those of the fourth Dynasty. Beyond the endless and bare transverse hall lay the inner apartments of the temple; a chamber with 5 cult niches followed by a square vestibule and the offering chapel itself, also embedded by magazines.