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| Tomb of Shepseskaf ‘ankh, Head of the Physicians of Upper and Lower Egypt |
Excavations at Abusir Archaeological Cemetery at Giza have
revealed the tomb of Shepseskaf ‘ankh, Head of the Physicians of Upper
and Lower Egypt who dates to the Fifth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom of
Egypt.
The physician's final resting place is "huge" for its time, vice head of the Ancient Egyptian Sector Ali ALasfar described. The limestone tomb is approximately 69 by 45 feet long and 13 feet high.
A large false door inside the chapel where the tomb was found carries the names and titles of the owner
"Priest of Khnum" and "Priest of Magic," in addition to other titles are written on the eastern part of the tomb and show how the deceased physician was one of the most important royal physicians in Ancient Egypt.
This is the third tomb belonging to a physician to be discovered in Abusir Cemetery.
Shepseskaf (also read as Schepseskaf) was the sixth and last pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty of Egypt during the Old Kingdom. He reigned 6 to 8 years starting circa 2510 BC. The only activities firmly datable to his reign are the completion of the temple complex of the Pyramid of Menkaure and the construction of its own mastaba tomb at South Saqqara, the Mastabet el-Fara'un, "stone bench of the pharaoh”.
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The physician's final resting place is "huge" for its time, vice head of the Ancient Egyptian Sector Ali ALasfar described. The limestone tomb is approximately 69 by 45 feet long and 13 feet high.
A large false door inside the chapel where the tomb was found carries the names and titles of the owner
"Priest of Khnum" and "Priest of Magic," in addition to other titles are written on the eastern part of the tomb and show how the deceased physician was one of the most important royal physicians in Ancient Egypt.
This is the third tomb belonging to a physician to be discovered in Abusir Cemetery.
Who is Shepseskaf ?
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| Alabaster head of Shepseskaf, sometimes attributed instead to Menkaure |
Shepseskaf (also read as Schepseskaf) was the sixth and last pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty of Egypt during the Old Kingdom. He reigned 6 to 8 years starting circa 2510 BC. The only activities firmly datable to his reign are the completion of the temple complex of the Pyramid of Menkaure and the construction of its own mastaba tomb at South Saqqara, the Mastabet el-Fara'un, "stone bench of the pharaoh”.
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| Mastaba of Shepseskaf, Saqqara. |
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| Isometric image of the mastaba of Shepseskaf |
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| Mastaba Temple of Shepseskaf |
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