. "A mastaba (/\u02C8m\u00E6st\u0259b\u0259/, /\u02C8m\u0251\u02D0st\u0251\u02D0b\u0251\u02D0/ or /m\u0251\u02D0\u02C8st\u0251\u02D0b\u0251\u02D0/) or \"pr-djt\" (meaning \"house for eternity\" or \"eternal house\" in Ancient Egyptian), is a type of ancient Egyptian tomb in the form of a flat-roofed, rectangular structure with outward sloping sides, constructed out of mud-bricks (from the Nile River) or stone. Mastabas marked the burial sites of many eminent Egyptians during Egypt's Early Dynastic Period and Old Kingdom."@en . .