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Mereruka - The funerary chamber .
The funerary burial chamber of Mereruka is part of the massive Mastaba of Mereruka located in the Saqqara necropolis near Cairo. Mereruka was a powerful vizier during the Sixth Dynasty reign of King Teti. His massive family tomb features over 30 decorated rooms above ground, while the actual subterranean rock-cut burial chambers lie hidden beneath the structure. Saqqara, directly north of the Pyramid of Teti. Around 31 to 32 chambers in the mastaba complex. Divided into suites for Mereruka (21 rooms), his wife Watet-khet-hor (also called Seshseshet, 5 rooms), and their son Meryteti (5 rooms). The underground burial vault for Mereruka is reached via a vertical shaft descending from room A11 within his section of the mastaba. Simple rock-cut underground chambers carved deep into the bedrock beneath the massive mudbrick and stone superstructure. Designed to securely house the stone sarcophagus and the physical remains of the vizier, isolated from the active above-ground mortuary chapel where the "ka" (spirit) offerings were performed.
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