Ptah Shepses Mastaba

Altar where there were formerly 3 statues of the Vizier.
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.