Six Lost Treasures 2
They are wealth, a symbol of glory and depressed. People because of their beautiful and dump, because of their luxurious and coveted, because of their power and influence flinch from that. But now they have lost.
Exactly where they disappeared? Why this loss? Please follow us to explore one of the world's six major loss of treasures. The first one is today valued as high as 142 million U.S. dollars in shaking treasures: Amber Room.
4. Pharaonic treasures missing
In 1922, when Howard Carter in Tutankhamun Totem Carmen found the tomb of Egypt's Valley of the Kings, he was completely buried with the young king's shocked. Tomb next to one in possession of massive treasure trove of jewelry and antiques, Carter spent 10 years to set out a list of finished treasures.
However, when those of more prominent pharaohs unearthed from the mausoleum in the 19th century, their treasure room is almost empty. Is well known for centuries thieves who continue to commit crimes, but the imperial mausoleum of crime emptied completely beyond the scale of the capacity of ordinary Maozei. So, Valley of the Kings where their great wealth of the Pharaohs Where is it?
Some scholars believe that the Egyptian 20th dynasty, early to late 21 Dynasty (BC 425-343) in this period of time, the priests were in the process of re-buried ancestors theft of their treasures. Pharaoh had no objection to accept the fact of their ancestors endless wealth, so this behavior may be formally approved.
Where, Herihor is of particular concern. Herihor was during the reign of Ramses XI senior officials. Rameses died, Herihor usurp the throne with his son. Valley of the Kings burial Herihor personally responsible for work and therefore had ample opportunity to steal property in a big way.
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