▁been ▁found ▁with ▁such ▁a ▁h ollow ▁space ▁inside ▁it ▁and ▁with ▁such ▁spect ac ular ▁pres ervation ▁of ▁artifact s . ▁Craig ▁M ound ▁has ▁been ▁called ▁" an ▁American ▁King ▁T ut ' s ▁T omb ." ▁ ▁Between ▁ 1 9 3 3 ▁and ▁ 1 9 3 5 , ▁Craig ▁M ound ▁was ▁exc av ated ▁by ▁an ▁enter prise ▁that ▁had ▁bought ▁the ▁rights ▁from ▁local ▁land own ers ▁to ▁exc av ate ▁and ▁to ▁keep ▁or ▁sell ▁the ▁artifact s ▁they ▁recovered . ▁T unn eling ▁into ▁the ▁m ound ▁and ▁breaking ▁through ▁the ▁Great ▁Mort u ary ' s ▁log ▁wall , ▁they ▁found ▁many ▁human ▁bur ial s , ▁together ▁with ▁their ▁associated ▁grave ▁goods . ▁They ▁disc arded ▁the ▁human ▁remains ▁and ▁the ▁frag ile ▁artifact s — made ▁of ▁text ile , ▁basket ry , ▁and ▁even ▁fe athers — that ▁were ▁preserved ▁in ▁these ▁extremely ▁unusual ▁conditions . ▁Most ▁of ▁these ▁rare ▁and ▁histor ically ▁pr ic eless ▁objects ▁dis integr ated ▁before ▁sch ol ars ▁could ▁reach ▁the ▁site , ▁although ▁some ▁were ▁sold ▁to ▁collect ors . ▁When ▁the ▁commercial ▁exc av ators ▁finished , ▁they ▁dynam ited ▁the ▁bur ial ▁chamber ▁and ▁sold ▁the ▁commer cially ▁valuable ▁artifact s , ▁made ▁of ▁stone , ▁pot tery , ▁co pper , ▁and ▁con ch ▁shell , ▁to ▁collect ors ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁and ▁over se as . ▁Most ▁of ▁these ▁valuable ▁objects ▁are ▁probably ▁lost , ▁but ▁some ▁have