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and all his treasure with him."
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At any rate,
a new plan had to be devised.
:20:12
That's why 500 years after
:20:14
the last pyramids were built
:20:16
a new era of kings decided
:20:18
that instead of building tombs
:20:21
which everyone could see
:20:24
why not build tombs
which no one could see.
:20:35
Three hundred miles
south of the great pyramids
:20:38
across the Nile
from the modern city of Luxor
:20:42
is this barren maze of
valleys in the shadow
:20:44
of a natural pyramid.
:20:51
Here no thief could
find the royal tombs.
:20:56
Here the kings and queens of Egypt
:20:58
would remain immortal
:21:01
or so they thought.
:21:11
But greed breeds ingenuity.
:21:15
Cleverly hiding their
devious enterprises,
:21:17
robbers scoured
the Valley of the Kings.
:21:25
Over time,
:21:27
each of the valley tombs
was found
:21:29
broken into and completely
:21:32
plundered-except for one
:21:35
Except for the tomb
of Tutankhamon
:21:37
That
at least
:21:38
is what Howard Carter believed.
:21:41
And, if he was right
:21:42
it would be the
greatest archaeological
:21:45
discovery of modern times
:21:47
But after five years
he still hadn't found it,
:21:51
and the situation
was becoming desperate.
:21:58
Then, on the morning of