When Ancient Egyptians Robbed the Valley of the Kings

In the late 20th Dynasty, during the reign of Ramesses X, Egypt faced economic decline, unpaid workers, and internal instability.

What followed was something once thought unthinkable — royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings were broken into.

This documentary reconstruction is based on surviving judicial papyri, including the Abbott Papyrus and Mayer Papyrus, which record the confessions of the men accused of robbing royal mummies.

These were not legends.

They were official court investigations.

Through real footage from Luxor and historically grounded reconstruction, this film explores how even sacred tombs became vulnerable during one of Egypt’s most fragile periods.

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