Tomb Raiders Analysis

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Tomb Raiders of Ancient Egypt
Did you know Tomb Raiders robbed tombs when the artifacts were wanted? When Tomb Raiders were very successful they found a lot of treasure. Tomb Raiders found Treasure, they bought maps to the tombs, and they would work in groups. In the article, “Tomb Raiders the Desecration of the Dead”, author Donald P. Ryan discusses what Tomb Raiders found in Tombs. This resource provides what Tomb Raiders would find in tombs. In the book Mummy's, Treasure, and Tombs, author Lila Perl identifies how the Tomb Robbers were so successful at finding the tombs. This resource provides evidence about how the Tomb Raiders found the tombs. In the website Linda Alchin, writes about how the Tomb Raiders would work in groups. This website provides evidence to support why Tomb Robbers worked in groups. To really understand this issue of Tomb Raiders, we must first discuss the kind of treasure the Tomb Raiders found.
Tomb Raiders found all sorts of treasure such as gold. Ryan states that Tomb Robbers found treasure including Gold, Perfume, and Rich Wood and Ivory. This shows what the Tomb Robbers found valuables in the tombs. Ryan says that Tomb Raiders would raid richer tombs because they had more valuable things in them. This explains that tomb
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one way they found the tombs was they would buy maps. Perl writes that Tomb Raiders would buy maps from the people who helped preserve their body or who put them in the tombs. This explains how Tomb Raiders found tombs. Perl states that Tomb Robbers lived near the tombs at the Valley of Kings so that they could find the tombs easier when they didn't have any maps. This explains why Tomb Raiders lived at the Valley of Kings. Perl writes Tomb Robbers would pass down their ways of finding tombs to their families. This explains how Tomb Raiders would know where most of the tombs are located. To truly understand Tomb Raiders, we must examine how Tomb Raiders robbed the

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