Matsaba rectangular structures build of mud bricks and stone. It has flat roof and sloping walls with a shaft for accessing the underground burial chamber.
Such tombs were the burial site for the eminent Egyptians during dynastic period and old kingdom. Old Kingdom mastabs were used for non royal burials, a chapel was built in such which a tablet was placed and the deceased was shown seated at a table of offerings. Matsabas also had storage chambers that was filled with equipment and food.
The walls were also decorated depicting the deceased daily activities. The niches were provided in the beginning that later evolved into a chapel with false door and offering table as it was believed that the spirit of the deceases could enter and leave the burial.
<em>As per Egyptian beliefs the false door was a threshold between the world of dead and living through with a spirit or deity could enter and exit the tomb.
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