Ancient Egyptian Grave Robbers

Ancient Egyptian Grave Robbers | Facts Tomb Robbing & Corruption in Pharaonic civilization, Secret The Royal Cache of Deir el-Bahri in Luxor and more…

Robbers of the tombs of the Pharaohs, History of how the gold Mummy belongings of the king were stolen in the ancient Pharaonic civilization of Egypt and more about Ancient Egypt History.

Egypt was and still is coveted throughout history, and Egyptian Antiquities in Egypt Archaeological Sites were the essence and the main reason behind the existence of Pharaonic tomb thieves. Dr. Hussein Dukeil, a specialist in the study of Greek antiquities, explained that Egypt was subjected to theft and looting that began a long time ago.

Ancient Egyptian Grave Robbers – Pharaonic Tombs Robbers

Were there grave robbers in ancient Egypt?

• Dr. Duqil explained that the Egyptian Monuments in Egyptian Temples and Egyptian Tombs exposed many of them to theft and looting, and the harm reached to vandalism as well.
• Theft operations were not the result of our time, but theft operations started since the Pharaonic era.
• It is said that the motive that was said in the past is that the living are more deserving of these possessions than the dead as in Ancient Egyptian religion.
•  The sabotage operations were not only by the Ancient Egyptian Grave Robbers, but some of them were from the kings themselves.
• The goal of the Egyptian Pharaohs kings was to erase any memory or information about other kings.
• Among the archaeological sites in Egypt that were exposed to such events are the ruins of Queen Hatshepsut “” in the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut in Deir El Bahari in Luxor, via King Thutmose III, her husband’s son, King Thutmose II of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt and The New Kingdom period in ancient Egypt, as well as King Tutankhamun, via King Horemheb. And many other pharaohs.
• Greece preserved a large part of the antiquities, unlike the Romans, who badly abused the Egypt antiquities with brutality and neglect.

How did Egyptian pharaohs protect their tombs?

• The ancient Egyptian tried in various ways to protect his monuments and property, but in spite of that, the Ancient Egyptian Grave Robbers were very professional.
• At the rule of the Twentieth Egyptian Dynasty, the beginning of the rule of King Setnakhte, known as The Ramesside Period, the looting of Ancient Egyptian Coffins and mummies began in an unprecedented way, and among the mummies that were robbed were the mummies of High Priest of Amun and Female Pharaohs that were present in Luxor.
• It is surprising to know that the Valley of the Kings tombs and Valley of the Queens and Tombs of The Nobles in Luxor “Thebes” | The Pharaonic Tombs from Thebes were one of the safest places, so that the pharaohs have been burying their dead there for up to 400 years.
• It is said that there is a Papyrus dating back to the reign of King Ramesses IX “Ramses IX” that talks about the first theft of antiquities.
• The first robbery was located in Taiba (currently Luxor), and the robbery was carried out by state officials in Ancient Egyptian Government.

Who Were Ancient Egyptian Grave Robbers?

• The papyrus says that the governor of Eastern Thebes “Basir” received news that the tomb of King Sekhemre Wadjkhaw Sobekemsaf I from Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt during Second Intermediate Period of Egypt was stolen.
• The governor initiated investigations and was pointing the finger of accusation at “Bauru”, the governor of West Taiba at that time.
• Baser used illegal methods in order to be able to find out who was behind this Ancient Egyptian Grave Robbers. He even raised the investigation order to Minister Prince Khaemweset “Khamwese, Khaemwese, Khaemwaset, Setne Khamwas”, whose tomb was discovered, Tomb of Khaa  Em. Wasset in the Valley of the Queens.”
•  The minister re-investigated the accused, and of course all of them denied, and the minister dropped the charges.
• Baser demanded a re-investigation, threatening that he would send the news of the theft to the pharaoh to enforce the Law in Ancient Egypt and symbolizes Maat, the most famous ancient Egyptian deities , until the new minister, “Neb Maat Ra Nakht,” questioned 45 of the accused.
• The defendants confessed after being tortured and beaten for what they did. One of the defendants was “the clerk of the cemetery”, who received a very severe beating and shouted confessing that he only stole silver “Ancient Egyptian Metallurgy“.
• Among the thieves is also “the holder of the censer of the Temple of God Amun“, who was also beaten and tortured.

Why is the Royal Cache significant?

• There is other evidence of the theft of mummies, including the presence of a cache in Deir el-Bahari in Luxor.
• The priests moved the mummies to that cache after they lost hope of protecting the mummies from Ancient Egyptian Grave Robbers.
• This cache was discovered in 1871 by the Abdel Rasool Family by help and give information to Egyptian Ministry of Tourism, and it was called Cemetery 320 in Deir el-Bahari.

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