false doors

A form of false door — A recessed carving on an Ancient Egyptian tomb wall representing a palace façade with a door at its center, intended to serve as a threshold between the worlds of the living and the dead, and in front of which offerings were placed.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of false door
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