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Tomb types: A Shaft Tomb with a Chamber

This is the most common tomb type for the Egyptian upper class in the Old Kingdom (about 2686-2181 BC).
However, smaller tombs of this type might also by less wealthy people. Some tombs have not only one, but even two or more chambers.

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