- "So this was once an Ancient base of some kind?"
"From what I can tell, it was, though it looks like they pulled out shortly before they disappeared. Either that or something came in and ripped out all the technology while leaving the stone intact."
"Tomb raiders raided the place before we could get here? Well, that's good." - ―Jack O'Neill and Sam Carter[src]
The Tomb raiders are an unknown species that sent mechanical probes to Ancient bases throughout the Milky Way galaxy to strip them of their Ancient technology. The name "tomb raiders" was a moniker given by Jack O'Neill which stuck as Phoenix teams discovered further signs of scavengers on other planets. Tomb raiders have Ancient technology cut out and stripped away with a thin precision laser, taking what they can access. Any Ancient technology that remains that the tomb raiders couldn't access, they damage. (RPG: "In Ruins")
History[]
Thousands of years ago, the Tomb raiders dropped their probes from a ship in orbit of an unnamed planet with an Ancient base with the mission of gathering Ancient technology then use the DHD to return.
At some point, the Tomb raiders stripped any Ancient technology they could access on Phoenix planet. (RPG: "In Ruins")