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From Thierry Benderitter:
- Mereruka On Osirisnet
www.osirisnet.net From Thierry Benderitter : We are glad to announce that we have launched a special page : the funerary chamber of the mastaba of Mereruka. http://www.osirisnet.net/mastabas/mererouka/e_mereruka_07.htm So now, the presentation of...
- The Mastaba Of Watetkhethor Online
OsirisNet Thanks to Jon J. Hirst and Thierry Benderitter for the great news that the mastaba of Watekhethor is now included on OsirisNet with the usual excellent photographs, site plans, illustrations and explanatory text. It is always a pleasure to see...
- Meryteti Details Added To Osirisnet
Thanks very much to Thierry Benderitter for letting me know that the details of the mastaba of Meryteti, son of Mereruka, are now online at the excellent OsirisNet website. These pages were created by Jon Hirst, with photographs contributed by Jon Hirst,...
- Osirisnet Updated With Mastaba Of Merefnebef
OsirisNet (English) OsirisNet (French) Thanks very much to Thierry Benderitter for letting me know that the OsirisNet website has been updated with the fabulous Old Kingdom mastaba of Merefnebef, which is located in Saqqara. As far as I know this is the...
- Mastaba Of Kagemni On Osirisnet
http://www.osirisnet.net/mastabas/kagemni/e_kagemni_01.htm Thanks to Thierry Benderitter for the information that the mastaba of Kagemni has been entirely rewritten on the OsirisNet website. The hieroglyphic text has not yet been added to the pages, but...
Egypt
Mastaba of Nikauisesi now on OsirisNet
OsirisNet
From Thierry Benderitter:
We present to you today on OsirisNet the mastaba of Nikauisesi in Saqqara, which dates from the beginning of 6th Dynasty. Discovered quite recently (1979) it si now open to the public. In this monument, a good part of its original decoration is well preserved.
The site of the monument has been defined as belonging to the period of the occupation of the cemetery of Teti, early in the reign. Subsequently, it would had as neighbours Kagemni, the rear of whose gigantic mastaba is opposite Nikauisesi's entry, and Mereruka.
The mastaba includes five chambers, of which four are decorated, the serdab and an interior courtyard which gives access to a staircase which leads to the roof.
Enjoy!
- Mereruka On Osirisnet
www.osirisnet.net From Thierry Benderitter : We are glad to announce that we have launched a special page : the funerary chamber of the mastaba of Mereruka. http://www.osirisnet.net/mastabas/mererouka/e_mereruka_07.htm So now, the presentation of...
- The Mastaba Of Watetkhethor Online
OsirisNet Thanks to Jon J. Hirst and Thierry Benderitter for the great news that the mastaba of Watekhethor is now included on OsirisNet with the usual excellent photographs, site plans, illustrations and explanatory text. It is always a pleasure to see...
- Meryteti Details Added To Osirisnet
Thanks very much to Thierry Benderitter for letting me know that the details of the mastaba of Meryteti, son of Mereruka, are now online at the excellent OsirisNet website. These pages were created by Jon Hirst, with photographs contributed by Jon Hirst,...
- Osirisnet Updated With Mastaba Of Merefnebef
OsirisNet (English) OsirisNet (French) Thanks very much to Thierry Benderitter for letting me know that the OsirisNet website has been updated with the fabulous Old Kingdom mastaba of Merefnebef, which is located in Saqqara. As far as I know this is the...
- Mastaba Of Kagemni On Osirisnet
http://www.osirisnet.net/mastabas/kagemni/e_kagemni_01.htm Thanks to Thierry Benderitter for the information that the mastaba of Kagemni has been entirely rewritten on the OsirisNet website. The hieroglyphic text has not yet been added to the pages, but...