Polished Material
Whitehead theorized on what these doorways could have symbolized to the ancient Egyptians in his later thoughts. “Also, the back of the ‘door’ is polished, which indicates that it was of significance,” he continued. “This does not appear to be a rough piece of stone used to keep debris out of the shaft,” the author explains.
Polished Material
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Ornamental
Kate Spence, a University of Cambridge scholar, believes the doors were just decorative and should have been removed. “The metal pins have the appearance of symbolic door handles, and the shafts leading to the Queen’s Chamber are angled north-south rather than east-west,” she said. As a result, I have a strong hunch that their purpose is symbolic.
Ornamental