A false door, similar to a recessed niche, is an artistic representation of a door which does not normally function like a real door. They can be carved in a wall or painted on it. The 'false door' is a common architectural element in the tombs of ancient Egypt. Egyptologists believed that the false door was a representation of the threshold between the worlds of the living and the dead and through which a neter or spirit of the deceased could enter and exit. Most false doors are found on…
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