Meaning Of The Word Mastaba

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mastaba in American English
an oblong structure with a flat roof and sloping sides, built over the opening of a mummy chamber or burial pit in ancient Egypt and used as a tomb
noun: an ancient Egyptian tomb made of mud brick, rectangular in plan with sloping sides and a flat roof

mastaba in British English
noun: a mudbrick superstructure above tombs in ancient Egypt from which the pyramid developed

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