Tutankhamun: Life, Legacy and Discovery
Dan Snow's History Hit
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The Treasure of Tanham
Doctor tarrik alowadi takes us round the treasures of the golden pharaoh on this special anniversary. We are trying to answer one of the most asked questions about the treasure of totanham. People always ask and wonder why the ancient egyptians buried all this gold and all this treasure with their dead. It was not just te object giving to a dead one, to put it in a tomb in darkness. They thogh that it would be dark, and it would need sort of lights in nog to enlighten the darkness of the after life. So they gave the king this beautiful alapaster, which can, yo know, remove the darkness, and also a lamp.
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