Secret Clues in Tutankhamun's Tomb Reignite The Idea That Nefertiti Is Hidden Nearby

The 100th anniversary of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb is this year and the famous burial site is still revealing its secrets.

Evidence has been found that the tomb's royal murals may have been a hasty cover-up.

The painting of Tutankhamun on his tomb's wall is not actually of the pharaoh himself according to Nicholas Reeves. Nefertiti's paintings show lines around the corner of his mouth.

They might have shown Tutankhamun burying his step- mother, Nefertiti, if they had shown the images on the walls.

The hieroglyphs above the depictions appear to have been written over, changing the identity of those involved in the burial ceremony.

Researchers thought that the mural depicted Tutankhamun's body being prepared for burial by Ay.

Ay's features are more similar to a young Tutankhamun.

The underlying traces of Tutankhamun are found in Ay's cartouches.

The scene had shown Tutankhamun performing the funerary ritual for Nefertiti.

It's possible that Tutankhamun's tomb was tacked onto Nefertiti's tomb after the boy king died.

It adds more weight to the theory that Nefertiti may be buried by the side of the road.

The tomb of Tutankhamun is more suited to a queen than a king according to the man.

The tomb is the smallest in the Valley of the Kings. In nature, the treasures are feminine.

The floor plan is skewed compared to other tombs and the murals seem to have been put together in a hurry with signs that the paint had not yet dried.

It makes sense, as Tutankhamun was in his late teens when he died.

The sudden death of the pharaoh may have required some of the people who were alive more than 3000 years ago. Tutankhamun's burial site may have been used for Ay instead of being finished.

In 2015, researchers working in Tutankhamun's tomb found some features on the wall that looked like they were from a sealed off chamber.

According to the evidence put together, Nefertiti's body is in one of those chambers.

Mamduh al-Damaty, Egypt's antiquities minister, disagreed with others.

They argue that hidden chambers could hold the body of Tutankhamun's mother and not that of Nefertiti.

There were no signs of connecting chambers in the radar scans. There may be a secret enclosure near the site after all.

Only one way to know is certain. It's not a good idea to knock down a bunch of walls at this site.

It is still speculation for now.