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Saqqara: tomb of Hesy-ra, plan and profile
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Tomb of Hesy-ra at Saqqara, showing three subterranean levels (Google Earth).
Saqqara became the royal necropolis in the third Dynasty, when King Djoser built a large burial complex with pyramid. A number of mastaba tombs of nobles and high officials were built in a third Dynasty necropolis in north Saqqara.
One of the largest and most interesting of these tombs is that of Hesy-ra, a trusted official under king
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