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Royal queens, princes and princesses might have their own mini-pyramid near the pyramid of the pharaoh. Noblemen and women, priests, officials and wealthy people were usually buried in a "mastaba"-type tomb, or a hidden chamber in a group of similar burials.

Ordinary people (the huge majority of the ancient Egyptian society) would simply be buried in a grave in the desert, perhaps along with a few pottery containers, a pair of sandals and some food offerings - with no coffin, no mummification, no inscriptions. Ironically, desert burials often preserved bodies just as effectively as mummification, since the sand and natural minerals dried the body quite quickly and preserved skin and organ tissues.

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