#TheTomb
This is the extraordinary story of one tomb, carved into the desert cliffs opposite the Egyptian city of Thebes shortly after the reign of Tutankhamun in around 1290 BC.
It was intended to be the final resting place for the Chief of Police and his wife. But as Egypt's wealth and power declined, it was looted and reused over a period of a thousand years. The Tomb's final use occurred around 9 BC, soon after the Roman conquest of Egypt, when it was sealed intact with the remarkable burial of an entire family.
The Tomb was excavated in 1857, but it was lost again as a village grew over it. Today we are still learning about the Tomb from the objects found there.
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