Italian scientists who conducted the third study of the tomb
of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in the vicinity of Luxor, did not find any secret
rooms in the tomb of the ancient ruler, the Egyptian Ministry of
Antiquities reported.
“The results of high-precision geophysical research confirm that
there are no hidden internal or adjacent to Tutankhamun’s tomb,” the
statement said.
Moreover, experts have not been able to detect even signs of secret passages, stairs or doorways.
The decision to conduct a third study of the burial vault was taken
at an international scientific conference in Cairo in 2016. It was to
put an end to the controversy about the possible presence in the walls
of the tomb of hidden premises in which the burial of Queen Nefertiti
could be located. The theory of the buried burial of the great wife of
the pharaoh was put forward by the British archaeologist Nicolas Reeves.
According to the theory of Reeves, behind one of the walls of the
tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, the tomb of the famous ancient Egyptian
queen Nefertiti can be hidden. He assumed that the entrance to it was
masked with plaster with frescoes in one of the walls of the tomb of the
young pharaoh, who is considered her adopted son. This conclusion the
British scientist made after a detailed study of three-dimensional laser
scanned images of the tomb, as well as its layout.
According to Reeves, he, studying a three-dimensional copy of the
tomb of Tutankhamun and wondering why her original is much smaller than
the tombs of other ancient Egyptian kings, for a number of facts came to
the conclusion that this tomb was originally intended for the queen,
and not for the king.
To use it for the burial of the pharaoh was due to the sudden death
of Tutankhamun and the absence of another suitable place for the tomb.
The scientist suggested testing his theory with the help of a radar,
which makes it easy to detect possible voids behind the walls of the
tomb.
This proposal was made by the then-Minister of Egypt for Antiquities
of Egypt Mamdouh al-Damati. Studies were conducted, and the Ministry of
Antiquities of Egypt reported that behind one of the walls of the tomb
there could be two rooms. In addition, the study showed the presence
behind the wall of objects of organic origin, possibly bones or wood, as
well as others – from metal.
Reeves suggested continuing the investigation and making a hole in
the wall of the tomb to prove the results obtained with the help of the
radar. However, the current minister, Khaled al-Annani, refused to
conduct any research that could damage this priceless monument. It was
decided to conduct a third, additional study using radar.
Almost untouched by the robbers Tutankhamun’s tomb was discovered by
archaeologist Howard Carter in 1922. This find has become one of the
main sensations in Egyptology. Nefertiti, who is considered the adoptive
mother of Tutankhamun and the wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten, was one of the
most influential and beautiful women of her time. Scientists, however,
still have not been able to unravel the riddle of the queen’s resting
place.
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