Posted on 07/29/2025 6:21:48 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
...a 4,400-year-old ancient Egyptian tomb... which belonged to a previously unknown prince called Userefre, features a large pink granite 'false door' -- the largest ever discovered in Egypt.
The door, which measures 4.5 metres high and 1.15 metres wide (15ft by 4ft) resembles a functional door but does not actually open...
The door is decorated with hieroglyphic inscriptions detailing Prince Userefre's impressive titles, including 'Hereditary Prince, Governor of the Buto and Nekhbet Regions, Royal Scribe, Minister, Judge, and Chanting Priest.'
The royal, who also goes by Prince Waser-If-Re, according to the inscriptions, was the son of King Userkaf, who was the founder of Egypt's Fifth dynasty...
Despite his many titles, the prince and his tomb were previously unknown to scholars.
'Before this discovery, we didn't even know he existed,' Ronald Leprohon, professor emeritus of Egyptology at the University of Toronto, told The Archaeologist...
'Family members and priests would come to the tomb where the false door was standing and they would recite the name of the deceased and his or her achievements and leave offerings,' she said...
Alongside the false door, archaeologists also found 13 high-backed chairs, each of which featured statues carved out of pink granite too.
Most false doors discovered in Egyptian tombs are made of limestone... Pink and red granite was a rarity and had to be quarried and transported from Aswan -- around 650km away.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
The tomb also had a massive black granite statue of a standing man, measuring 1.17 metres tall. The owner of this statue -- whose name was inscribed on its chest -- appears to date to a more recent time period, indicating the tomb may have been reusedMinistry of Tourism and Antiquities
(video link)Daily Mail vid, Zahi "Zowie" Hawass
Do NOT open that door! 😳
IS the elevator behind that door still hooked up?
But he's got all sorts of fancy titles on his non-functioning door...
"The door is decorated with hieroglyphic inscriptions detailing Prince Userefre's impressive titles, including 'Hereditary Prince, Governor of the Buto and Nekhbet Regions, Royal Scribe, Minister, Judge, and Chanting Priest.'"
The more things change...
The Hopi and other Pueblo people including the Anasazi at Mesa Verde also have spirit doors in their Kivas.
It’s called a Sipapu.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sipapu
Interesting how different cultures have the same concept and they never met.
That made me crack up. 😆
I’ve been to Hamburg and Amsterdam.....🙄
It’s the flip-the-script buffet!
Ha. That’s a good one. 😁
Just say the right words ( your guess) in front of that door and Pizmo!
You are in the company of the Lords of the Galaxies.
The royal, who also goes by Prince Waser-If-Re, according to the inscriptions, was the son of King Userkaf, who was the founder of Egypt’s Fifth dynast>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
The world is SO rich in linguistic satire opportunity.
Waser If Re went to the bar and met King Userkaf . It was Waser for the Userkaf, which made for a terrible odor of post digestive beer farts in the Realm of Imhotep the Beer Tap.
“ Just say the right words ( your guess) in front of that door and Pizmo!”
Ash: Klaatu Barada N... necktie... nectar... nickel... noodle. It’s an “N” word, it’s definitely an “N” word! Klaatu... Barada... N...
[coughs]
Ash: [pause] Okay then... that’s it!
Wiseman: When you removed the book from the cradle, did you speak the words?
Ash: Yeah, basically.
Wiseman: Did you speak the exact words?
Ash: Look, maybe I didn’t say every single little tiny syllable, no. But basically I said them, yeah.
(Old Irish) Anal nathrach, orth' bhais's bethad, do che'l de'nmha.
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