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I was first imagining spring-loaded or lever-based traps like in the Indiana Jones movies.

Obviously the ones in the movies were made up for entertainment value, but does anyone know if these sorts of traps have ever been encountered in a real archaeological site?

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They're certainly rare, but a few archeological sites have had minor traps.

Amenhotep III's tomb had a hidden spike pit near the hidden main chamber.

Baphuon had a sand trap to flood the area.

I believe one of the Mayan temples had an intentionally poisoned sarcophagis.

It's a pity that the major regions that link the greek/roman thought of the 'west' to the Indian/Asian cultures of the 'east' are today places of conflict resulting in destruction, both intentional and collateral. How much of archaeological knowledge has been lost to post ww2 wars in Afghanistan, Iran, Syria?

And in fact ISIS actually specifically targeted many of those sites either for plundering for artifacts to sell to fund their operations, or for demolition. It really is a shame, some of the sites are thousands of years old... gone in an instant.

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