Archaeologists discovered in the necropolis of Saqqara, Egypt, a tomb thousands of years old that includes a "false door", a funerary structure symbolically intended to allow passage between the world of the living and the dead.
The tomb dates back to the Old Kingdom, about 4700 to 4200 years ago, and is believed to have belonged to Sekhentyu-Ptah, a high official who accumulated a long list of positions in service of the royal power.
The hieroglyphic inscriptions found at the site identify him as royal chamberlain, supervisor of the king's works, responsible for royal documents, priest of the goddess Maat and supervisor of the scribes, among other functions.
