False door of Tjetji and his wife Debet. Limestone, 4th & 5th dynasty, about 2500-2400 BC. From the tomb of Tjetji at Giza. This door and one nearby come from the same tomb. False doors were the main places for making offerings in the Old Kingdom. One of the dead person's spirits would pass through the door between the worlds of the dead and the living.

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False door of Tjetji and his wife Debet. Limestone, 4th & 5th dynasty, about 2500-2400 BC. From the tomb of Tjetji at Giza. This door and one nearby come from the same tomb. False doors were the main places for making offerings in the Old Kingdom. One of the dead person's spirits would pass through the door between the worlds of the dead and the living.

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