Egypt, around 1110 BC. The pharaohs have been burying their dead in the Valley of the Kings for centuries — filling underground tombs with gold, jewels, and everything a god-king might need in the afterlife. But by the time Ramesses IX sits on the throne, the empire is broke. Crops are failing, workers haven't been paid in months, and right next door to the poorest villages in Thebes sits more gold than most people will ever see. It was only a matter of time.
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Ghosts & Curses·3/3·1′
The place
Valley of the Kings
The Tomb Robbers' Trials
"We went to rob the tombs as is our usual habit"
Late New Kingdom (c. 1110 BC)Valley of the Kings
Moral of the Story
“No treasure, no matter how sacred, is safe from people who are hungry enough — and the line between protector and thief has always been thinner than we'd like to believe.”
Characters
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Amenpnufer (Tomb Robber)P
Paser (Mayor of East Thebes)P
Pawera (Mayor of West Thebes)R
Ramesses IX (Pharaoh)Source
Peet, T. Eric. The Great Tomb Robberies of the Twentieth Egyptian Dynasty. Oxford, 1930; Papyrus Abbott, British Museum