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Unless otherwise stated, this image is the copyright of the submitter. Contact them for permission to reproduce it. |  | | Description | Ptah Shepses was a very important vizier during much of the 5th Dynasty and probably exerted much power on a series of week Pharaos. His Mastaba stands next to Niuserra's Sun Temple, Sahure's Pyramid and Neferefra's pyramid. His sarcophagus as well as that of his wife is still in existance. The roof to the crypt, however, unfortunately caved in during an earthquake in the 1850s. |
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