Tombs Traps Inside Egyptian Pyramids

In another jungle pyramid but half a millenia earlier one of the most dramatic traps of all time was being set in the tomb of the red queen of palenque.

Tombs traps inside egyptian pyramids. This isn t to say you won t find many reports of booby traps from otherwise seemingly reputable sources stating things like that egyptian tombs were filled with everything from razor sharp wires located at exactly head height to deadly snakes all of which have been written off by actual experts as fanciful claims that have no basis in reality. These two maya nobles were entombed in the base of two separate pyramidal temples. And that stuff has quite the shelf life. The great pyramid of giza believed to have been designed in order to protect the tomb of king khufu 2589 2566 bc the builders built grooves into a small room outside the chamber where the king s body would be placed.

But while many of these. Red being the color of blood was of paramount importance to the sanguine maya it colored nearly all of their buildings much of their clothing and in the case of the red queen and lord pacal their bones. The stairway from the altar to their death. Zahi hawass the egyptian real life indiana jones entered the bahariya oasis tomb in 2001 his team found the sarcophagus booby trapped with 8.