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How did the Egyptian tombs of great kings get “lost”? For example when king tut was buried I presume there were guards there, when did they stop guarding it against thieves? Was there one day when everyone forgot where the gold filled tombs were and we just discovered them 3000 years later?

by /u/travellingjoe2018 in /r/AskHistorians

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