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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Ptah Shepses Mastaba Alternative Name: Tomb of Ptah ShepsesCountry: Egypt Region: Lower Egypt (North) Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Cairo
Latitude: 29.896710N Longitude: 31.204750E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Ptah Shepses was a very important vizier during much of the 5th Dynasty and probably exerted much power on a series of weakening 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.
There is an altar where formerly 3 atatues of him stood and an open colonade. The facade apears very classical. The heavily restored tomb is nealry as impressive as temples of some pharaos.
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109m NNW 337° Niuserra Sun Temple* Ancient Temple
193m NW 307° Sahure's Pyramid* Pyramid / Mastaba
220m SSW 194° Neferefra Sun Temple Ancient Temple
278m SW 218° Neferirkare's Pyramid* Pyramid / Mastaba
1.4km NW 308° Niuserra's Pyramid* Pyramid / Mastaba
2.5km SSE 163° Serapeum at Sakkara* Ancient Temple
2.6km SSE 156° Knuhmhotep and Niankhkhnum Mastaba* Chambered Cairn
2.7km SSE 162° Ptah Hotep Mastaba* Chambered Cairn
2.8km SE 146° Mereruka Mastaba* Chambered Cairn
2.8km SE 145° Kagemni Mastaba* Chambered Cairn
2.9km SE 145° Teti I Pyramid* Pyramid / Mastaba
2.9km SSE 152° Userkaf's Pyramid* Pyramid / Mastaba
3.0km SSE 158° Sakkara Pyramid* Pyramid / Mastaba
3.2km SSE 157° Sakkara Temple of Heb-Sed* Ancient Temple
3.3km SSE 163° Unas Pyramid* Pyramid / Mastaba
3.3km SSE 158° Sakkara Djoser Complex* Ancient Temple
3.4km S 177° Gisr el-Mudir Causewayed Enclosure
3.4km SSE 159° Irukaptah Tomb* Chambered Tomb
3.5km SSE 166° Sekhemkhet's Pyramid Pyramid / Mastaba
3.9km SSE 153° Unas Valley Temple* Ancient Temple
4.9km SSE 164° Pepy I Pyramid* Pyramid / Mastaba
5.3km S 169° Merenre Nemtyemzaf Pyramid Pyramid / Mastaba
5.3km SSE 163° Djedkare Izezi Pyramid Pyramid / Mastaba
5.7km NW 314° Khaba's Pyramid Pyramid / Mastaba
6.2km SSE 168° Ibi I Pyramid Pyramid / Mastaba
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