 Dieter Arnold and other Egyptologists now think mastaba K2 was the tomb of a private individual rather than a royal one.Swelim and Aidan Dodson have instead proposed that a mudbrick structure located in Abu Rawash could be the tomb of Nebka.Dodson states that it is a "mudbrick enclosure with a central square massif of the same material, located north of the modern village of Abu Roash, known as El Dair.