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King Tutankhamen
King Tutankhamen was only nineteen when he died. It is thought that his enemies
murdered him. Compared to other Pharaohs, his tombwas modest.
Ancient Egyptians believed their Pharaohs to be gods. When they died, Pharaohs were
carefully embalmed. This preserved the King’s body. The mummified corpseswere put
away in fancy tombs and surrounded with all the things they would need in the afterlife.
The tombs were then carefully sealed. Egypt’s best builders designed the tombs to keep
out thieves. In some cases, heavy boulders were used to block passageways. Sometimes
false doorways and hidden rooms were designed to confuse robbers. Finally,
a cursewas placed on the entrance.
Most of these precautions failed. In ancienttimes grave robbers found
their way into the tombs. They unsealed the doors, hammered their way
around the boulders, and found the secrets of the hidden rooms. No one
knows for sure if any of the thieves sufferedfrom the wrathof a curse.
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