A mastaba (meaning "house for eternity" or "eternal house"), is a type of ancient Egyptian tomb.
A mastaba (meaning "house for eternity" or "eternal house"), is a type of ancient Egyptian tomb in the form of a flat-roofed, rectangular structure with outward sloping sides, constructed out of mud-bricks (from the Nile River) or stone. Mastabas marked the burial sites of many eminent Egyptians during Egypt's Early Dynastic Period and Old Kingdom. During the Old Kingdom, kings began to be buried in pyramids instead of mastabas, although non-royal use of mastabas continued for more than a thousand years. It is located near the pyramid of King Snefru (the first king of the 4th Dynasty, came to the throne around 2613 BC)
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