Good morning key lovers!
Today, I will take you half way around the world to explore
a key that comes from the royal tombs in Egypt. The key is from the lock on the
crypt where Ibrahim Pasha is entombed at the tombs of the califs dating to 600
A.D. “Ibrahim Pasha was the son of Mohamed Ala, the first Egyptian ruler and
was the great emancipator of the Egyptians.” Pasha started off as a general in
the Egyptian army as a teenager. He succeeded his father, who was the ruler of
Egypt and Sudan, after he became ill. However, he died before his father, only
four months after taking the throne.
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| Ibrahim Pasha |
The attached note says that the “key was obtained by Richard
Spencer on his trip around the world in 1937.” There is now a monument erected to
Pasha in Cairo. He was heralded as one of the greatest leaders of his dynasty
due to his sweeping military victories. What other keys to royalty may be
hidden among our walls?
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| Key to Pasha's crypt |
Written by:
Brett Meyer
Museum Curator, Baldpate Inn
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