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The all-powerful pharaohs of ancient Egypt were frequently buried alongside a literal wealth of fabulous treasure- treasure that, as you can probably imagine, the pharaohs were very keen to protect. So did they actually have significant preventative measures in place to stop anyone from stealing their stuff after they’d gone a little moldy? Well, yes and no, but when it comes to the idea of elaborate booby traps or puzzles as depicted by Hollywood and in games, definitively no.
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Sources:
https://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2217/were-ancient-tombs-really-booby-trapped/
https://gizmodo.com/5971822/archaeologists-think-hidden-imperial-tomb-may-be-too-deadly-to-explore
https://h2g2.com/entry/A581294
https://www.alchemylab.com/history_of_alchemy.htm#EgyptianAlchemy
https://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/ancient-egypt-tomb-robbers.html
https://www.ancient-origins.net/history/tomb-curses-ancient-egypt-magical-incantations-dead-003228
https://www.ancient.eu/article/1095/tomb-robbing-in-ancient-egypt/
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg16422092-700-pharaohs-left-behind-a-radioactive-curse/
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4566
http://www.lost-civilizations.net/ancient-egypt-bahariya-valley-golden-mummies.html
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/bahariyaoasis.htm
https://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/search/a?dbs+hsdb:@term+@DOCNO+2964
