To steal the treasures that were usually buried with the deceased. It was common practice to send off a person to the afterlife with a good amount of luxuries for use in the afterlife. The richer the person, the better the treasures.
The Egyptians buried there dead in small sand dunes inside the desert. They still did this after pyramids for pyramids were only made for the wealthy. Also the pyramids were only made around the early ancient Egypt, and they switched over to chambers underneath the ground because of grave robbers. Most grave robbers still found a way into these but mysteriously King Tuts tomb was found, not by grave robbers, but by 20th century Egyptologists. I know this is more than you asked but it never hurts to know a little more! Resources: I've been searching up this for a little over a month.
Because a lot of Ancient Egyptian pharaohs were buried there to avoid grave robbers.
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They did this so the Pharaoh could protect him self from the dangers in the afterlife.
King Tutankhamen was crucial to our understanding of the Ancient Egyptians because his tomb was almost completely intact when it was discovered and had been almost completely untouched by grave pilferers.
Ancient Egyptians stoped building pyramids mainly because of grave robbers. Since there were jewelry and valuable things, it attracted lots of grave robbers. They then made false passageways in the pyramids, but that didn't stop the robbers. Instead the Egyptians came up with the idea of making tombs.Ancient Egyptians did not stop building pyramids mainly because of grave robbers. They just quit believing in an afterlife. It had nothing to do with robbers.Because they stopped having divine rulers (rulers supposedly appointed by the gods)There were no more Pharaohs and there was no need for them to be put in tombs.
She made a hidden tomb cut in the rock in the Valley of Kings.
No, they revered their dead. However, there were grave robbers who took the jewels and gold buried with the dead.
To confuse grave robbers and tomb raiders.
grave robbers stole the objects then sold them
The Egyptians buried there dead in small sand dunes inside the desert. They still did this after pyramids for pyramids were only made for the wealthy. Also the pyramids were only made around the early ancient Egypt, and they switched over to chambers underneath the ground because of grave robbers. Most grave robbers still found a way into these but mysteriously King Tuts tomb was found, not by grave robbers, but by 20th century Egyptologists. I know this is more than you asked but it never hurts to know a little more! Resources: I've been searching up this for a little over a month.
Because a lot of Ancient Egyptian pharaohs were buried there to avoid grave robbers.
no there are not.
They wrote curses to scare of grave robbers
they got into the museum because the doors were not locked and they opened the door. Stole the tombs
"Lincoln's Grave Robbers" by Steve Sheinkin is a book with around 144 pages.
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