Mastabat al-Fir'aun
is
the grave monument of the ancient Egyptian king Shepseskaf (reign circa
2510–2503 BC), the last king of the Fourth Dynasty documented to date.
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 first
investigation of the subterranean parts of the structure was carried out
by Auguste Mariette in 1858. A proper excavation of the whole tomb
complex was first undertaken by Gustave Jéquier in 1924/5. He was also
the first to be assign the structure to Shepseskaf, as a result of the
discovery of a fragment of a stele. Before this, the tomb had
erroneously been assigned to Unas, the last ruler of the Fifth Dynasty.
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