The Tomb of Tutankhamun
The Ancients
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The Origins of Antiquities in the Valley of the Kings
The valley is well known as the burial place of the pharaohs and we know even some of the tombs are open, like you mentioned Belzoni. The Italian strongman who goes to the valley of the kings and finds the tomb of Ceti the first with its alabaster sarcophagus there, which is in London today. So it's a fabulous sarcophagus but that's the kind of thing that was left behind, things too heavy to loot. They're looking for treasures to sell, that's the purpose of excavation in the valley in the 19th century, you know, getting money. 1860s, 1870s, there's no museum in Luxor
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