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  2. False door - Wikipedia

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    A typical false door to an Egyptian tomb. The deceased is shown above the central niche in front of a table of offerings, and inscriptions listing offerings for the deceased are carved along the side panels. Louvre Museum. A false door, or recessed niche, [1] is an artistic representation of a door which does not function like a real door. They ...

  3. Ptahshepses (high priest) - Wikipedia

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    Ptahshepses is mainly known from a false door that is today in the British Museum (Inv. no. EA 682), but coming from his tomb. A smaller fragment of the door is kept in the Oriental Institute Museum (Inv. no. 11084) in Chicago [1] He is also known from statues and had a mastaba at Saqqara (mastaba C 1). [2] His false door bears a biographical ...

  4. Mereruka - Wikipedia

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    This chamber is approached through the mastaba tomb's false door. [2] Mereruka's mastaba tomb boasts vibrant and well preserved tomb decorations and numerous relief scenes. [7] His mastaba tomb remained hidden from view until it was discovered and excavated by Jacques de Morgan, of the Egyptian Antiquities Service in 1892. [4]

  5. 4,400-year-old tomb — with a preserved mummy inside ...

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    The tomb was partially discovered nearly 160 years ago but was lost in the sand until now. 4,400-year-old tomb — with a preserved mummy inside — unearthed in Egypt. Again

  6. Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum - Wikipedia

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    The false door provided an accessway for the deceased, as a spiritual being, to reach offerings left at the tomb by the living. These offerings were to be set on plinths in front of the false doors. [21]: 155–159 [22]: 19, 55 Behind the false doors is a small statue closet known as the serdab. A statue of each man would have been placed here ...

  7. Colorful paintings of daily life uncovered in 4,300-year-old ...

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    Archaeologists have discovered paintings of daily life in ancient Egypt in a tomb dating back more than 4,300 years. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...

  8. Ptahshepses - Wikipedia

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    The burial chamber is located in the northwest corner of the tomb. Although heavily robbed, two granite sarcophagi, a large one for Ptahshepses and a smaller one for his wife Khamerernebty are well preserved. One of the most notable features of the mastaba is a room in the southwest corner of the tomb which resembles a boat.

  9. Discovery of 20 ancient Egyptian tombs reveals idols and ...

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    The tombs date to the late period, the last era of native-born ancient Egyptian rulers, which lasted from 664 to until the conquests of Alexander the Great in 332 B.C., officials said.