Mastabat al-Fir'aun

The Mastabat al-Fir'aun (Arabic: مصطبة الفرعون Romanised: Maṣṭabat al-Firʿawn), also referred to in Egyptological literature as the Mastaba el-Faraun, Mastabat el-Faraun or Mastabat Faraun, and meaning "Bench of the Pharaoh") is the grave monument of the ancient Egyptian king Shepseskaf (reign c. 2510–2503 BC), the last king of the Fourth Dynasty documented to date.

The structure is located close to the pyramid of Pepi II, a ruler of the Sixth Dynasty.

The stone quarry for the structure is located west of the Red Pyramid of Sneferu.

[2] The Mastabat al-Fir’aun was described for the first time by John Perring in the middle of the 19th century.

Karl Richard Lepsius also sought out the tomb, but he did not carry out any close investigation.

The entrance to the subterranean system of chambers is located on the shorter, northern side.

After the portcullis stones, the height of the passage increases again, but the floor is very uneven, since it was no longer plastered.

On the east side of the mastaba was a small funerary temple, of which only the foundations and a few remnants of the walls remain today.

Groundplan of the tomb complex in Spanish