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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 ...
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 ...
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
The 3.60 m long, 1.45 m wide and 3.16 m high chamber contained two false doors in the west wall, which offerings were placed in front of. Behind the false door was the serdab, a small room which was completely walled off, in which the ka-statue of the tomb's owner was located. However, Hermann Junker was not able to locate the Ka-statue of ...
With detailed wall inscriptions and the only known funerary garden, the restored tombs are a unique monument. 3,500-year-old tombs of two royal officials opened in Egypt. See the treasures inside
Photos shared by the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities on Feb. 18, 2025, show the inside of a tomb discovered in the mount of Thebes area, west of Luxor and the renowned Valley of the ...
In the tomb of Hesy-re, the so-called false doors in which the deceased are portrayed standing or walking appear for the first time. Furthermore, the tomb of Hesy-re is the first of its kind in which a full offering list appears, which would become an essential part of the tombs in later generations (as for example in the mastabas of ...
Archaeologists uncovered more than brick tombs during a recent discovery on the northern coast of Egypt.Within the 63 tombs, many dating back to the Late Period, roughly 664 BC to 525 BC, the team ...