Is Queen Nefertiti Buried In King Tutankhamun's Tomb?
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Is Queen Nefertiti Buried In King Tutankhamun's Tomb?
A British archaeologist may have solved one of the most enduring mysteries of ancient Egypt. The grave of Queen Nefertiti – believed by many to be the mother of the boy King Tutankhamun – has never been found. But Nicholas Reeves believes he could have located the final resting place of the infinitely powerful royal – just yards from the tomb of her alleged son. Reeves, an archaeologist with the University of Arizona, has identified two bricked up “ghosts” of doorways after studying digital scans of the walls of Tutankhamun’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings, Luxor. In a paper entitled The Burial of Nefertiti?, Reeves writes that he believes one of the doors leads to a storage chamber, while the other may well contain “the undisturbed burial of the tomb’s original owner – Nefertiti.”
Reeves believes this “tomb-within-a-tomb” came about because the royal court was thrown into crisis when the young King died, and with no tomb dug for the Pharaoh’s use, Nefertiti’s existing grave was opened up and enlarged to include a further chamber. [Indeed many archaeologists have remarked upon the modest size of the King's burial chamber.]
Nicholas Reeves believes the Queen's tomb is actually contained in a hidden offshoot from King Tutankhamun’s (Y)Tomb robbers plundered the space in the months following the boy King’s death, though Reeves believes Nefertiti’s chamber was “already forgotten, perhaps, and more likely, the robbers simply had insufficient time to investigate, choosing to focus instead on those abundant riches readily to hand.” Three-and-a-half thousand years later the now famed archaeologist Howard Carter unearthed the King’s majestic tomb, but, says Reeves: “he lacked the technology to see beneath the tomb’s painted walls. “Accepting the oddly positioned rock-cut niches as evidence that the Burial Chamber’s walls were completely solid, he brought his search to a close – wholly unaware that a more significant find by far may have been lying but inches from his grasp.”
Tutankhamun died in mysterious circumstances in 1323 BC at the age of 19. Alongside the king's mummified body were hundreds of objects placed in the tomb to help Tutankhamun in his afterlife. The Economist reports Reeve’s theory would be easy to test using non-invasive techniques including radar scans to reveal any hollows. Reeves told the magazine: “Each piece of evidence on its own is not conclusive, but put it all together and it’s hard to avoid my conclusion. “If I’m wrong, I’m wrong, but if I’m right this is potentially the biggest archeological discovery ever made.”
Referring to Reeve’s claims, Joyce Tyldesley, a senior lecturer in Egyptology at the University of Manchester, told the Times: “It would not be surprising if the tomb had been intended to have additional rooms. “I would be very surprised if this tomb was built to house the original, or first burial of Nefertiti, as it seems to me that it is highly likely that she died during her husband’s reign and so would have been buried at Amarna, the city purpose-built by Akhenaten in Middle Egypt. “Whether or not her body was subsequently transported to Thebes by Tutankhamun, who may have been her son, is difficult to say. There is good evidence that he did move some of the Amarna royal bodies. “But I would have expected her to be buried somewhere in the Western Valley, rather than in the centre of the Valley of Kings.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/08/11/is-queen-nefertiti-also-buried-king-tutankhamuns-tomb_n_7969990.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular
Be daft not to follow this up and could be an amasing find. Even if she is not buried there and there is two further rooms, what else could be found?
Reeves believes this “tomb-within-a-tomb” came about because the royal court was thrown into crisis when the young King died, and with no tomb dug for the Pharaoh’s use, Nefertiti’s existing grave was opened up and enlarged to include a further chamber. [Indeed many archaeologists have remarked upon the modest size of the King's burial chamber.]
Nicholas Reeves believes the Queen's tomb is actually contained in a hidden offshoot from King Tutankhamun’s (Y)
Tutankhamun died in mysterious circumstances in 1323 BC at the age of 19. Alongside the king's mummified body were hundreds of objects placed in the tomb to help Tutankhamun in his afterlife. The Economist reports Reeve’s theory would be easy to test using non-invasive techniques including radar scans to reveal any hollows. Reeves told the magazine: “Each piece of evidence on its own is not conclusive, but put it all together and it’s hard to avoid my conclusion. “If I’m wrong, I’m wrong, but if I’m right this is potentially the biggest archeological discovery ever made.”
Referring to Reeve’s claims, Joyce Tyldesley, a senior lecturer in Egyptology at the University of Manchester, told the Times: “It would not be surprising if the tomb had been intended to have additional rooms. “I would be very surprised if this tomb was built to house the original, or first burial of Nefertiti, as it seems to me that it is highly likely that she died during her husband’s reign and so would have been buried at Amarna, the city purpose-built by Akhenaten in Middle Egypt. “Whether or not her body was subsequently transported to Thebes by Tutankhamun, who may have been her son, is difficult to say. There is good evidence that he did move some of the Amarna royal bodies. “But I would have expected her to be buried somewhere in the Western Valley, rather than in the centre of the Valley of Kings.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/08/11/is-queen-nefertiti-also-buried-king-tutankhamuns-tomb_n_7969990.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular
Be daft not to follow this up and could be an amasing find. Even if she is not buried there and there is two further rooms, what else could be found?
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a flying saucer?
the secret of life?
some ancient evil that needs a"tomb raider" to defeat
the secret of life?
some ancient evil that needs a"tomb raider" to defeat
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could be king Tuts mother in law....cos they might find Nefertiti's "mummy"
ok....hat...coat...door..........
ok....hat...coat...door..........
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Nearly a century after the rediscovery of King Tut’s tomb ignited a worldwide craze for Egyptology, new findings could turn out to be almost as stunning.
On Monday, after a group of Egyptian and foreign archaeologists examined the famous tomb, Egypt’s antiquities minister confirmed that they found evidence suggesting the existence of two previously undiscovered rooms. “This indicates that the western and northern walls of Tutankhamun’s tomb could hide two burial chambers,” minister Mamdouh Eldamaty told the Egyptian state press.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/09/150928-king-tut-tomb-door-nefertiti-archaeology-egypt/
On Monday, after a group of Egyptian and foreign archaeologists examined the famous tomb, Egypt’s antiquities minister confirmed that they found evidence suggesting the existence of two previously undiscovered rooms. “This indicates that the western and northern walls of Tutankhamun’s tomb could hide two burial chambers,” minister Mamdouh Eldamaty told the Egyptian state press.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/09/150928-king-tut-tomb-door-nefertiti-archaeology-egypt/
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well they better get a move on...because it wont be long before isis is there blowing em up......
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