Mysterious ‘ghost’ doorway in Tutankhamun’s tomb ‘leads to secret chamber’

Reeves analysed high definition photographs of the tomb of Tutankhamun to discover evidence of bricked-up passageways that could lead to Nefertiti’s burial chamber – thus solving one of the greatest mysteries of Ancient Egypt.

He said that one of the doorways leads to a little-used storeroom.

Egyptologists are divided as to the parentage of King Tut, but one theory holds that Nefertiti, chief wife of Tut’s father, the Pharaoh Akhenaten, gave birth to the boy-king. However, if the queen’s tomb is indeed where Reeves projected it will be, the boy-king’s tomb size would make sense, as it would appear to be simply an addition to an existing burial chamber. (A recent autopsy indicates that Tutankhamun was crippled, possibly because he was the product of incest.). If Dr Reeves is right, it may be filled with riches that eclipse those of Tutankhamun, who died about seven years after Nefertiti and was a comparatively minor figure.

The tomb of one of Egypt’s most famous pharaohs, Tutankhamun, is thought to be harbouring a secret that has been eluding archaeologists since its discovery in 1922 by Englishman Howard Carter.

Most recently, the tomb may have provided clues as to where Queen Nefertititi’s final resting place could be found. Nefertiti and Akhenaten had six children, but the remains of the queen and her children have not been found.

Nefertiti bust in Neues Museum, Berlin. He wrote in a study published last month that these scans provide “immediate, desk-based access to the smallest iconographic detail and brushstroke of the KV 62 scenes”.

“I would be very surprised if this tomb was built to house the original, or first, burial of Nefertiti”, countered Joyce Tyldesley, a senior lecturer in Egyptology at the University of Manchester, to the Times. During her reign she accrued status as an icon of power and elegance.

Luckily, it is fairly easy to begin to check Reeves’s theory using non-invasive means. Any hallows could be seen with a simple radar scan. If so, a team of experts would likely be brought in to conduct a careful excavation. He added that if he is wrong, he is wrong – but if he’s right, the discovery has the potential to be the biggest ever made in archaeological history.