which is known for housing tombs and senior officials from the Old Kingdom of Egypt. The mission has previously uncovered a mastaba belonging to Minister Weni, who is famous for having the longest ...

It's a "mastaba" tomb, which is a type of flat-roofed structure ... Teti Nebu Fu is described as a doctor and "magician". In ancient Egypt, magicians were seen as a kind of sorcerer, using staffs ...

Zahi Hawass describes some of the private tombs of the Old ... of the cults of the ancient Egyptian kings. These necropolises, mostly consisting of rows of mastabas of various sizes, were founded ...

Teti Neb Fu's tomb is a 'mastaba' – a rectangular superstructure ... Serket (the goddess of healing venomous stings and bites in Egyptian mythology). This suggests Teti Neb Fu was an expert ...

The burial chambers, known as mastabas, held particularly important ... complemented each other in ancient Egypt. The elaborate tomb reflects Teti Neb Fu's prestigious position.

(photo credit: Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.) A joint French-Swiss archaeological mission discovered a 4,000-year-old mudbrick mastaba tomb belonging to Teti Neb Fu, a royal ...

Ancient Egypt had many more pyramids than those at Giza. The lesser known pyramids of Step, Bent and Red still stand today, ...

The team has previously found a mastaba tomb of Weni the Elder, an ancient Egyptian judge, general, and politician who is famous for the longest biography of a senior statesman in ancient Egypt.

The doctor was found in a 'mastaba' tomb, which is a type of flat-roofed structure often used to mark the burials of important ancient Egyptians The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ...

Hoping to prevent the music from vanishing all together, Zakaria Ibrahim established El Mastaba which became the centre for numerous bands who perform Egyptian folk music. Ibrahim founded his ...