Today I Found Out

Did Booby Traps Really Exist in Ancient Egyptian Tombs? (2018x305)

Ausstrahlung: Nov 21, 2018

This episode is Sponsored by Worx -→→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut: Why are Breasts Called Boobs? https://youtu.be/emks-wCjeEg In this video: The all-powerful pharaohs of ancient Egypt were frequently buried alongside a literal wealth of fabulous treasure- treasure that, as you can probably imagine, the pharaohs were very keen to protect. So did they actually have significant preventative measures in place to stop anyone from stealing their stuff after they’d gone a little moldy? Well, yes and no, but when it comes to the idea of elaborate booby traps or puzzles as depicted by Hollywood and in games, definitively no. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2018/11/did-booby-traps-really-exist-in-ancient-egyptian-tombs/ Sources: https://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2217/were-ancient-tombs-really-booby-trapped/ https://gizmodo.com/5971822/archaeologists-think-hidden-imperial-tomb-may-be-too-deadly-to-explore https://h2g2.com/entry/A581294 https://www.alchemylab.com/history_of_alchemy.htm#EgyptianAlchemy https://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/ancient-egypt-tomb-robbers.html https://www.ancient-origins.net/history/tomb-curses-ancient-egypt-magical-incantations-dead-003228 https://www.ancient.eu/article/1095/tomb-robbing-in-ancient-egypt/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg16422092-700-pharaohs-left-behind-a-radioactive-curse/ https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4566 http://www.lost-civilizations.net/ancient-egypt-bahariya-valley-golden-mummies.html http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/bahariyaoasis.htm https://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/search/a?dbs+hsdb:@term+@DOCNO+2964