Comments on: Real-Life Tomb Traps?

By: mjlover

mjlover — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 02:10:58 +0000

Heavy stone plugs Technically, these weren’t actually traps, in that they were designed not to injure anyone. But these heavy plugs would have made it very difficult to enter the tomb. There was little dynamite in those days, except what risky gun powder could be obtained from China, and the only way of getting through was to chip away at it.

Falling Rocks A convenient way of getting rid of an enemy was simply to drop a heavy rock on them. For this reason heavy rocks were placed above doorways, connected to wires or ropes that could bring it tumbling down on someone’s head.

Hidden holes These were holes, leading to steep pits below the tomb. They would have probably have had covers over them, about the size and shape of manhole covers, and would have been delicately balanced over the hole so that at a light step they would have fallen in.

Powders The Ancient Egyptians had relatively advanced medicine, and they had certainly not neglected the art of murder in their studies of alchemy. Powders prepared by magic – men were placed in tombs and systems were rigged so that at a certain time (for example, when intruders entered the tombs) the powders, possibly with fatal powers would have been released into the air and inhaled by the intruders.

False well – cover In many Egyptian tombs there were wells in one of the halls. An old favorite was to put a false cover over the well, which worked on much the same principal as the hidden Holes”.

Head wires In some parts of the tomb, wires were placed at neck level. The idea was to decapitate anyone who walked into it. If placed at the right height, these wires could have been one of the most deadly and efficient traps used. there, you happy?

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:22:10 +0000

one was to design a passage so that the middle was at a much lower level than the 2 ends. In this part a little chamber was built with baskets of organic matter in it. As the organic matter decomposed it released deadly suffocating gasses that would collect in the lower middle section and kill anyone passing through the passage.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:40:01 +0000

need more info

By: Emily

Emily — Mon, 28 May 2007 08:39:53 +0000

Ok this site is ok but jazz it up and tell us more about the traps!!!!!

LOV EM

By: Felicity

Felicity — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 05:09:34 +0000

Yes, for Ancient Egyptian tombs there were actual tomb traps, although there were no spiked walls closing shut or anything like that. The point was not to alert anyone it was to kill the intruder. Common traps included the Hidden Hole trap where there was a pit dug and it was covered with a false cover. When the intruder stepped on the false cover the cover collapses and in the tomb raider falls. Falling rocks were also a good way to get rid of unwanted visitors. As you can see, it’s nothing really high-tech XD.

By: aldrin

aldrin — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:51:55 +0000

if there are realy tomb traps, what kind of traps do they have?

By: aldrin

aldrin — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:50:26 +0000

are there really tomb traps?