The Phantom Door  or false door
“It is a bridge that connects the world of the living and the world of the dead. We always find in the ancient Egyptian cemetery what is known as the imaginary door.”
“The archaeologists called it a fake door because its shape looks like a door, but there is no opening in it, so imagine that it is to mislead thieves, and it is, in fact, an idea that does not fit with the engineering and artistic genius found in tombs and all Egyptian monuments.”
The imaginary door for the ancient Egyptians was one of the means to embody the idea of ​​symmetry in the cemetery. Symmetry is a theory that assumes the existence of another universe, which is a mirror image of the universe in which we live. When a person is born and then dies, he moves between the two universes.
The ancient Egyptian personified the idea of ​​symmetry (the two opposite universes as a mirror image of a mirror) in the form of the imaginary door, where we see that each side of the imaginary door is an image of a mirror mirrored from the other side, but what is very striking is that above this symmetry we find a middle area that resembles a bridge located in the middle exactly It is as if it connects the two worlds/universes, where the deceased Ka sits and in front of her the offering table to receive offerings from the world of the living.
Offerings were the means of communication between the world of the dead and the living world in ancient Egypt. Visiting tombs and the shrines of saints on certain astronomical occasions was one of the most important traditions that the Egyptians were keen on preserving throughout history and to this day. Visiting the tombs of loved ones and relatives who have passed away and also visiting the shrines of saints on certain occasions
“The most important characteristic of these visits is the carrying of offerings, which is what is known in the country as “the journey of al-Qarafa.” The bread that is carried during the visit to the tombs is called “the unleavened bread.” who can move between worlds.”
Evidence for this is found in the monuments of King Senusret the First, who said that when he was building temples and making offerings to Osiris, he was doing what would activate the “brother”, that is, building the bridge between the world of the living and the world of the dead. And the ancient Egyptian artist’s depiction of the deceased. Above the symmetry of the imaginary door and in the middle area between the two universes, and it receives the offerings, it is a sign that the offerings are the bridge that connects us and the dead in the other world.