Mastaba 17 at Maidum | tomb(s), cemetery, ancient civilization, ancient ruins

Egypt / Bani Suwayf / El Wasta /
 tomb(s), cemetery, ancient civilization, ancient ruins
Dynasty III, name unknown.
"Its outside was built of large crude bricks, the body of it is formed of clean chips of limestone, evidently the waste from the building of the pyramid : it is therefore most probably contemporary with the pyramid. It differs in internal arrangement from the other mastabas; and it has no sculptured chamber, opening to the outside, but only a plain stone facade opposite the sepulchre, on the east side. It also differs from others in having been built entire at once, and without any subsequent coating or addition."
F.M. Flinders Petrie. "Medum". London, 1892
Wikipedia article: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meidum
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Coordinates:   29°23'22"N   31°9'30"E
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