The front court of the mastaba, with the shaft leading down to the burial chamber.
The sarcophagus of Ti.
The mastaba of Ti was discovered in 1865, and is the largest and finest of the private tombs at Saqqara. Its many wall-paintings have been one of the most central sources of information on daily life in the Old Kingdom. The mastaba cosits of a courtyard, a storage room, Ti's chapel and a serdab, like the one Zoser had built for himself. Ti couldn't be any less than the great pharaoh. The serdab can be seen from the chapel, allowing us now to look at Ti's statue (or rather a copy of it, the original is in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo). The greatest attraction is of course the rich wall-paintings with scenes from Ti's contemporary Egypt, together with scenes of his own deeds. Many of the paintings also deal with the needs of Ti in the afterlife; near the corridor leading to his chapel are scenes of bearers who bring food and animals to Ti's ka.
The wall decorations of the mastaba of Ti are colourful and interesting, telling us about everyday life in the Old Kingdom.
Statue of Ti in the Serdab. You look into one of three peep-holes in the deep end of the mastaba.
