Doors, Entrances and Beyond... Various Aspects of Entrances and Doors of the Tombs in the Memphite Necropoleis During the Old Kingdom

by Leo Roeten

Doors are more than a physical means to close off an entrance or an exit; doors can also indicate that a boundary between two worlds has been crossed. This is above all the case for the door into the chapel. Such a door constitutes a barrier between the world of the living and the world where the living and the dead can coexist, while, inside the chapel, the false door acts as a barrier between the world of the living and that of the dead. Taking...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789698715
• ISBN13: 9781789698718
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing
• Length: 202 Pages