King Tut’s Hidden Chambers May Hold Famous Mummies

So he went to the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt, to examine these lines in person, and now he’s developed a radical theory.

American archaeologist Nicholas Reeves was the first to posit the existence of a secret chamber attached to King Tutankhamun’s tomb. And in two months, he may be able to prove it.

But the minister was not so sure that Nefertiti’s tomb would be discovered.

“I was nervous about this because it looks as if there’s something here, but let’s face it-it’s ridiculous!” he said, laughing.

When asked if another mummy and intact grave goods might wait behind the doorway with the painted scene, Reeves said that this would match his theory.

“We saw that on the ceiling itself there’s a distinct line”, Reeves explained.

Reeves is being allowed to use a sophisticated radar to reveal any irregularities on the tomb walls.

The materials covering the walls also differ in places, suggesting the presence of hidden doorways.

Any discovery would provide more information about this turbulent time in ancient Egypt.

Not too many of Reeves’ colleagues stand behind him in this theory, but he has a few interesting clues backing up this belief. El Damaty thinks it more likely belongs to Kia, the mother of King Tut. “I think that Nefertiti didn’t disappear, she simply changed her name”. DNA seemed to support that theory until a genetic investigation by French archaeologist Marc Gabolde reveals the likelihood that King Tut’s mom may have been his father’s first cousin, Nefertiti. Thus he was buried in a rush in what was originally Nefertiti’s tomb, who died 10 years earlier.

It has always been a mystery, but archaeologists working in Egypt may have finally discovered a path to the famed tomb of the ancient Egyptian queen, Nefertiti.

But Reeves believes he’s found one even greater – and right in the same room.

While Carter was obsessively thorough-he spent almost a full decade excavating and documenting the tomb-he couldn’t have imagined the kind of tools that are available to today’s archaeologists.

According to British Egyptologist, Nicholas Reeves, Tut may have been rushed out into a peripheral chamber upon news of his sudden death at age 19. He reported that the results of radar testing of the walls would be released on November 4, the same day that King Tut’s tomb was discovered.

“This indicates that the western and northern walls of Tutankhamun’s tomb could hide two burial chambers”, minister Mamdouh Eldamaty told the press in an interview, as cited by DM.

“Maybe a room or a tomb… something there which will be a new addition to Egyptology but I don’t agree that much with him that it is Nefertiti’s tomb there.”