Submitted by IslandChillin t3_z1yao6 in history
Sikog t1_ixheoho wrote
Reply to comment by SandSlinky in Ancient Egyptian mummification was never intended to preserve bodies by IslandChillin
Sure they must have taken great lengths to cut down 100% the inscriptions on the walls and loot them, however nobody can deny that treasures very well might have been looted.
In the last 100 years we have discovered more chambers that were previously unknown and untouched yet they are still empty.
SandSlinky t1_ixhjs36 wrote
From what I can find, it wasn't unusual for pyramids in this time period to lack inscriptions, that mostly started later. The great pyramid also contains what very much looks like and is commonly agreed to be a sarcophagus.
As for other empty rooms, they might have been recently found by us, but could have been found before and resealed over this period of several thousand years. Or it's possible that they were initially made and then never used, I don't think this is uncommon in ancient tombs. It is also theorized that some of these rooms were meant to throw of robbers or were used during construction.
MadRoboticist t1_ixhldl9 wrote
Inscriptions on the walls of tombs was something that began with the 5th dynasty, after the great pyramids were built. No mystery there.
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