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is the giant boulder trap based off something found


in any tombs or temples before this movie was made?

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No idea if it was based on anything specific, but some ancient tombs and temples having crazy traps to protect their goodies is not fiction.

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Yes, many Mayan Temples were guarded with giant boulders.

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Archeologists in Pharaoh Khufu's Great Pyramid at Giza found grooves lining the walls approaching the King's Chamber. They believe they were once part of a security system of sorts - one that dropped large slabs of rock on top of would-be raiders.

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Those Grooves were rope guides which they used to pull the massive sarcohagus into place through the passage ways. They used to think they were for traps until some smart engineers figured out what they were for.

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