SandSlinky t1_ixf62mk wrote on November 22, 2022 at 11:47 PM

Reply to comment by BlindBanshee in Ancient Egyptian mummification was never intended to preserve bodies by IslandChillin

Probably because they were looted.

BlindBanshee t1_ixfnf1x wrote on November 23, 2022 at 2:06 AM

Every single one? I find that hard to believe.

MartianSands t1_ixgok1o wrote on November 23, 2022 at 8:29 AM

After 4 or 5 thousand years? I don't. The tombs which get discovered untouched tend to be dug into cliffsides or buried, as far as I understand it. They only survived because people forgot where they were.

Difficult to misplace a pyramid

BlindBanshee t1_ixgy4s8 wrote on November 23, 2022 at 10:49 AM

In the same way that a pyramid is hard to misplace, wouldn't it be easy to guard?

MartianSands t1_ixgyl98 wrote on November 23, 2022 at 10:55 AM

There's no way they've been consistently guarded for all that time. People have been nicking masonry from them, I'm certain they could get lightweight valuables in and out as well

jongeheer t1_ixh0o2a wrote on November 23, 2022 at 11:23 AM

Well, seems like a good time to for instance read up on the Mehdi's who legit removed all pharao remains from the tombs in Luxor to keep them safe in a 'mummy stash', proving that tombs were indeed being raided and guarded, and that even the guards would remove objects as to not let them fall into the hands of looters.