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> the mess The mess is because it was raided in ancient times, then hastily cleaned up and re-sealed.

• pavlov 5y ago
  Maybe. Another theory is that Carter and Lord Carnarvon faked the ancient raid to work around an Egyptian law that assigned untouched grave finds entirely to the state, but previously raided tombs would be split with the finder. In the end they didn’t get to ship that half of the treasure to British Museum and the NYC Met as they’d planned, as the newly independent Egypt asserted its rights more quickly than they’d expected.
  • agumonkey 5y ago
    Just like we saw recently with the Robert Capa article.. history is often fuzzy right :)