Here’s a history lesson.
The first recorded history of doors was found in Egyptian tomb paintings 4000 years ago. No one knows who invented the door, only that it was first incepted somewhere in central Egypt. In agent Egyptian architecture, a false door was a wall decoration that looked like a window, it was common in tombs and represented a gate to the afterlife.
In Biblical times, King King Solomon’s temple doors were made of Olive-wood, as were many doors of the past. In India, there are ancient doors made out of stone that was creatively designed with stone pivots to swing open.
As time progressed and advancements were made, the Romans used their creative architectural minds to create more advanced doors. These doors were usually made out of bronze and included the use of single, double, sliding, and folding doors.
In Roman Religion, Janus was the Roman god of doors and archways. As the Romans were suspicious people, during times of war, there were lucky and unlucky ways for an army to march through a Janus (door). The Janus Germinus is a famous door in Rome, a shrine for the Roman god Janus. It stands as a simple…
