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Audio Interchange File Format  |  1995-12-28  |  1.0 MB  |  1 channel  |  22,050 sample rate  |  49 seconds
Transcription: sealing tombs against grave robbers. Pyramids were sealed carefully. Stone doors were propped open until the mummy was placed in the tomb. Afterwards, the props were pulled and the doors blocked the tunnels inside the pyramid. The people who closed the doors escaped down tunnels that led to the main pyramid entrance. These tunnels were too steep to climb back up. Once the people who closed the doors were out, the pyramid entrance was concealed. In spite of these precautions, thieves robbed the tombs within the pyramids. They took the objects left for the pharaoh's afterlife. Grave robbing bega ...