The Architecture of mastaba tombs in the Unas cemetery. Arts décoratifs – Arts appliqués des estampes

des estampes

L'occasion de découvrir sa puissance décorative

but also a monument conveying a new definition of the god and new ideas concerning his rebirth

Patrick Popescu-Pampu

The Architecture of mastaba tombs in the Unas cemetery. Arts décoratifs – Arts appliqués des estampesUntil comparatively recently, there has been little attempt to produce a detailed study of the architectural make up of multi roomed mastaba tombs and the implications of these observations for understanding the ways in which this type of tomb was really used. No thorough and comprehensive investigation has ever been dedicated to the building techniques, materials and design of mastabas or, indeed, who built them. The Architecture of Mastaba Tombs