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thinkingemoteyesterday at 8:50 AM3 repliesview on HN

Nothing remains here - only walls.

Most of these tombs have already, since ancient times, been looted and desecrated and most things inside including any human remains have long since been removed. It looks like this tomb is also in this category as all that remains of note are on the walls which cannot be easily removed.

I seem to recall a story that even at the time when they were building pyramids in ancient Egypt that they had a problem with looters of the older tombs.

Additionally: The use of the word "Sealed" in the title is not present in the text and I propose is click bait for attention and an emotional reaction. Looks like that strategy still works.


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card_zeroyesterday at 1:29 PM

> they had a problem with looters of the older tombs

In the Valley of the Kings, I think they had a problem with the builders looting the same tombs they had just built.

Cursory searching found overseer Paneb: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paneb ... if I pieced it together right, he was in trouble for looting a tomb within 20 years of its construction.

criddellyesterday at 1:23 PM

If the tomb has been looted and desecrated, then in what sense is it sealed?

Edit: I'm asking about the title of this article.

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ButlerianJihadyesterday at 9:58 AM

Yeah, and "Filled"... with paintings and inscriptions: isn't exactly full of anything, then, is it.