Ancient Egypt: Egyptology (The Study of Ancient Egyptian History) by T.D. van Basten

Author:T.D. van Basten
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Publisher: T.D. van Basten
Published: 2016-03-21T22:00:00+00:00

It was not just European explorers and treasure hunters who were responsible for the destructive pillaging that occurred in pretty much all of these ancient sites. As more and more westerners with expendable income flocked to Egypt, the financially-struggling locals saw an opportunity to better their plight. Natives have been looting royal and noble tombs since dynastic times. It was well known that pharaohs, royalty, and nobility were buried with untold riches, making them targets of grave robbery almost as soon as the person was entombed. As the nature of Egyptology began to change, locals began to see that westerners were willing to pay huge amounts of money for seemingly worthless antiquities and began to sell them on a very active black market.

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