What tombs are still lost?

Here are 30 of the most famous lost tombs and burials.
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At least one late Ramesside pharaoh's tomb (Ramses VIII) is still undiscovered, and many believe it may be found within the valley. Clues to such discoveries may be found in period Egyptian writings that mention notables who likely rated tombs but have not been identified.

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Contrary to common belief, most sites in ancient Egypt have not yet been discovered. In fact, less than one percent have been excavated.

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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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Yet many questions remain. Although the efforts of Belzoni, Loret, Davis, Carter and others helped reveal the tombs of most of the New Kingdom pharaohs, several remain unaccounted for – including those of Ahmose I, Amenhotep I, Tuthmose II and Ramesses VIII.

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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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The nearly 4,300-year-old mummy was found in a shaft 15 metres below the ground in the middle of an excavation path near the famous Saqqara pyramid. The mummy was a man named Hekashepes, whose remains lay in a sealed limestone sarcophagus.

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Tutankhamun's tomb, discovered in 1922, is still the most intact pharaoh's tomb ever found. At the time, King Tut's exquisite artifacts and his elaborate burial shrine captivated the world and provided new insights about ancient Egypt.

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Were Egyptian tombs booby trapped? Well, no, not in the way we see in movies like “Raiders of the Lost Ark” or “The Mummy”. There were no giant rolling balls, pits of snakes, or flesh-eating bugs. The ancient Egyptian tomb builders went to great lengths to protect the mummy and the funerary goods buried in the tombs.

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Archaeologists have discovered a mummy wrapped in gold—here's what it tells us about ancient Egyptian beliefs. In January 2023, a group of archaeologists excavating tombs in the ancient necropolis of Saqqara, near Cairo, discovered the mummified remains of a man named Hekashepes, who lived circa 2300BC.

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Nefertiti was the principal wife of Akhenaten and stepmother of Tutankhamun. Her burial tomb has never been found and archeologists across the world, who are interested in ancient Egyptian civilization, have long been interested in finding it.

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