
Doors, Entrances and Beyond …: Various Aspects of Entrances and Doors of the Tombs in the Memphite Necropoleis During the Old Kingdom
Nurtilek Abdimalikov
Leo Roeten.
Archaeopress Publishing, Ltd, 2021.
“After the funeral, the monument became the focus of its second, and in fact its most important, function: acting as the daily stage for the ‘eternal’ mortuary rituals, a recurrent offering ritual, necessary for the sustenance of the k3 [life-force] of the deceased.”
—From Doors, Entrances and Beyond …
—Nurtilek Abdimalikov
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