What is the best tomb ever found?

The unearthing of King Tut's tomb on Nov. 4, 1922 is considered one of the greatest finds in modern history. But archaeologists remained convinced that more remained undiscovered.



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They were nearly intact. A century later, the discovery of King Tut's tomb, which contained more than 5,000 priceless artifacts, remains the greatest archeological find of all time.

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Cleopatra's Long-Lost Tomb Has Never Been Found.

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The staggering amount of gold found in the tomb of Tutankhamun, the only ancient Egyptian royal burial to have been found in a relatively intact state, illustrates almost unfathomable wealth, but Egyptologists suspect that the kings who ruled into middle or old age were accompanied into the next life with even more ...

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Here are 30 of the most famous lost tombs and burials.
  • Alexander the Great. (Image credit: Public domain via Wikimedia Commons) ...
  • Genghis Khan. (Image credit: Francesco Vaninetti Photo via Getty Images) ...
  • Cleopatra and Mark Antony. ...
  • Attila the Hun. ...
  • Khufu. ...
  • Amenhotep I. ...
  • Thutmose II. ...
  • Nefertiti.


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Despite two centuries of study, there are still unexcavated areas at Saqqara, Abydos and even in the Valley of the Kings, whilst ancient Alexandria – Egypt's capital for many centuries and almost certainly the site of the royal tombs of the Ptolemaic Period – is largely inaccessible owing to the buildings of the modern ...

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The spread of Christianity throughout the empire in the 4th century, and the transformation of Egypt's capital Alexandria into a major Christian center, decisively ended the tradition, due to the new religion being incompatible with the traditional implications of being pharaoh.

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Tomb KV17, located in Egypt's Valley of the Kings and also known by the names Belzoni's tomb, the Tomb of Apis, and the Tomb of Psammis, son of Nechois, is the tomb of Pharaoh Seti I of the Nineteenth Dynasty.

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