A world- renowned British Egyptologist has said that the discovery of hidden hieroglyphics within Tutankhamun's tomb lend weight to a theory that the fabled Egyptian queen Nefertiti lies in a hidden chamber next to her stepson's burial chambers.
Nicholas Reeves, a former curator in the British Museum's Department of Egyptian Antiquities, said that after the new clue came to light, the theory was given fresh motivation.
The depictions of Tutankhamun being buried by his successor, Ay, had been painted over.
The scene in which Tutankhamun buried his predecessor, Nefertiti, was originally shown to be a cartouch of Tutankhamun himself. The tomb of Tutankhamun did not have that decoration.
Ay is shown on the north wall holding a ceremonial adze and opening the mummy's mouth to restore her five senses.
The underlying traces of Tutankhamun can be seen in Ay's cartouches. The original version of this scene showed Tutankhamun performing the funerary ritual for Nefertiti.
The conclusion shows that the figures have the same facial profiles as Tutankhamun at the beginning of his reign. The face of the mummy is similar to that of Nefertiti. The scene began as a record of Tutankhamun at his predecessor's funeral.
The tomb of Tutankhamun was found a century ago and was filled with chairs and chariots.
The tomb would not be reopened until a decade after Tutankhamun died, because he needed to be buried quickly.
The theory that Tutankhamun's tomb is the outer section of a larger tomb is supported by the new evidence.
High-resolution images of Tutankhamun's tomb showed lines underneath plastered walls, but other experts felt that the scans were not conclusive.
It is easy to write this off as sheer fantasy, but I have found that the decoration of the wall in the burial chamber has been changed.
Tutankhamun's tomb has been puzzling us because of its strange shape. It is not what we would expect from a king.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is one of the places where he works. He has excavated around the tomb of Tutankhamun.
The Complete Tutankhamun will be published by Thames & Hudson on October 28th. He published an acclaimed edition 30 years ago.
He believes that recent studies further support his argument.
It looks like Tutankhamun was an interloper within the outer section of the tomb of a private individual.
The 21st Dynasty burials of Psusennes I and Amenemope were found intact and forgotten behind a decorated stone partition.
While those reliant upon automated filters to remove extraneous noise have declared that they see nothing in their results, others are processing the data in a more considered way.
A man-made structure is believed to be the reason why a false wall blocks an entrance to an extension of the tomb. The east wall of the Treasury is likely natural stone that has been cut. Some people didn't think that the structure was man-made. In science, this is the problem.
You don't build things in the Valley of the Kings without an intent if there is a structure.
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