In Egypt, archaeologists have discovered an ancient tomb with a “false door”

In Egypt, archaeologists have found an ancient crypt with a false door that helped the soul of the deceased enter and exit the tomb. This was reported by Smithsonian Magazine.

A burial more than four thousand years old was discovered in Saqqara, the necropolis of the ancient capital of Memphis. Hieroglyphic inscriptions indicate that the tomb belonged to a high-ranking official named Sehentiu-Ptah, who served as the king's chamberlain, overseer of the king's works, overseer of the scribes, and priest of the goddess Ma'at. Inside the crypt, in addition to the false door, they found a sacrificial table and a purification pool.

During the excavations, archaeologists also uncovered a network of burial shafts. Although some of them were looted in antiquity, they preserved human remains and funerary objects, including more than a hundred ushabti figurines - small figurines that, according to the beliefs of the Egyptians, were supposed to do work for the deceased in the afterlife. Saqqara, located about 30 kilometers south of Cairo, was the main necropolis of Memphis and remained the burial place of the nobility until the Roman era.