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The Egyptians had more traps then many give them credit for. They did have "curses" but they were merely lines above the tombs such as "If you enter my tomb I will wring your neck like a bird". Other then the curses there were pitfalls and wire traps, along with some doors that were rigged to drop rocks on an intruder.

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To deter grave-robbers. That was the idea.

However, because most tombs that have been found had already been looted in antiquity, it appears they didn't really work. The priestly caste, workers and work supervisors, and the elite between them knew who was buried where, where the tombs actually were, what they were buried with, and the obstacles to be encountered.

Greed and corruption are great levellers, cross class-divisions, and make wonderful incentives! Only the people at the top levels could look forward to an afterlife: the remainder of the people just died and were dead dead. Corrupt priests and nobles told these others where to look and were given kickbacks accordingly.

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Do pyramids really have booby traps?

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