In Ancient Egypt, Soul Houses and False Doors Connected the Living and the Dead

Image caption: Elaborately inscribed false doors in tombs of the elite allowed family and friends to leave offerings that ensured the dead would want for nothing in the afterlife. Image credit: Harshad Marathe for Atlas Obscura. Article by Nicky Nielsen. Atlas Obscura – October 10, 2023.

The ancient Egyptians shared the world they inhabited with innumerable otherworldly entities: invisible, yet with immense power. Demons haunted the desert wastes and goddesses dwelled in the marshes of the Nile Delta, but the spirits of the dead were omnipresent. Ancestor worship was […]

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