You might be interested in the threads linked by /u/Searocksandtrees here.

You might be interested in these previously answered questions.

• Is there any history basis for the traps in tombs you see in Indiana Jones, Tomb Raider, etc.?

• How historically accurate are the traps, levers, mechanisms, and other archaeological aspects of ruins featured in movies?

• Did ancient temples and tombs and such ever have booby traps like indiana jones? And if so which.

• Is there any historical precedent for a pre-modern culture constructing elaborate mechanical traps (as seen in many films such as "Goonies" or in various "Indiana Jones" films) that are disarmable by an artifact or by a sequence of actions? Where does this common film trope come from?

• Were the tombs of South American civilizations the booby-trapped nightmare we see in entertainment?

• Were Egyptian pyramids really rigged with traps?

• Is there any historical record of an actual dungeon with actual traps and dangers deliberately installed or left behind, which was subsequently explored by armed adventurers (not modern scientists)? Any continent/era.

• Many fantasy/historical computer games and RPGs feature "dungeons", ie a large labyrinthian set of tunnels, rooms, traps etc. Is there any historical basis for dungeons?

• How are ancient artifacts found and recovered?