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A study of the decorated elite mastabas and rock-cut tomb in the Eastern and GIS cemeteries at Giza reveals that numerous factors influenced the development of art during the Fourth Dynasty. These two cemeteries are located adjacent to King Khufu's pyramid but differ in the stat…

This dissertation provides, for the first time, an in-depth, context-sensitive study of the Fifth Dynasty (c. 2494-2345 BCE) funerary complex (or mastaba) of the ancient Egyptian official Akhmerutnisut, originally located in the Western Cemetery at Giza (G 2184). Through an inte…