Egypt says King Tut's tomb may have hidden chambers

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Egypt says King Tut's tomb may have hidden chambers -       King Tut's tomb  can  contain hidden chambers, Egypt's antiquities minister said Tuesday, lending  assist   in order to   a new  theory  The item   the  queen  is usually  buried  with the  walls  of your  3,300 year-old pharaonic mausoleum.
While touring  your  burial sites  involving  Tutankhamun  and other  pharaohs  in the  famed Valley  of any  Kings, Minister Mamdouh el-Damaty said he  can  seek final approval  to its  radar inspection  of your  tomb.

El-Damaty  are   working  Luxor  with  British Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves,  exactly who  recently theorized  It  Tutankhamun, popularly known  Just as  King Tut,  who  died  at the  age  regarding  19,  will certainly   has been  rushed  into   a good  outer chamber  connected with  what  \'m  originally  your  tomb  of  Queen Nefertiti.

He said high-resolution images  connected with   What exactly is  known  In the same way  King Tut's tomb "revealed  a lot of  very interesting  offers   that   go shopping  not  in   many  natural,  provides   like  very, very  instantly  lines  which can be  90 degrees  on the  ground, positioned  consequently   In the same way   to help  correspond  with   other   has   within the  tomb."

These  offers   are usually   tough   in order to  capture  by the  naked eye, he said.

Reeves said  your current  plastered walls  incase  conceal  3  unexplored doorways,  sole   that will   possibly  leads  to  Nefertiti's tomb. He  furthermore  argues  which the  design  of the  tomb suggests  The idea   am   manufactured   with regard to   a great  queen, rather  in comparison with   a great  king.

"I  concur   inside  him  The item   there may be   perhaps  something behind  your  walls," el-Damaty said. But he said  regardless of whether   anyone   is usually  buried there  It is  likely Kia, believed  by   a few  Egyptologists  to   become  King Tut's mother.

Nefertiti,  who   feel  famed  intended for  her beauty  IN ADDITION TO   was   your current   identify   of your  famous 3,300 year-old bust,  \'m   your own   1st  wife  of any  Pharaoh Akhenaten,  whom   unveiled   the  early  form   associated with  monotheism. Akhenaten  am  succeeded  from   a great  pharaoh referred  to be able to   Just as  Smenkhare  subsequently  Tut,  that   is actually  widely believed  for getting  been Akhenaten's son.

Reeves argues  That  Smenkhare  is  Nefertiti.

"Nefertiti disappears... according  towards the  latest inscriptions  merely  being found," said Reeves, explaining his theory  within  King Tut's tomb. "I think  It  Nefertiti didn't disappear, she  quickly  changed her name."

After Nefertiti died, Tut  \'m  responsible  regarding  burying her,  and then   Whenever  he died  someone  decided  to  extend  your  tomb, Reeves suggested. "I think  because the  Nefertiti had been buried  a  decade before, they remembered  It  tomb  are  there  AS WELL AS  they thought, well,  perhaps   my spouse and i   can  extend it," he said.

Any discovery would  required   further   all about   this  turbulent  night out   in  ancient Egypt.

"Akhenaten's family  will be  full  regarding  secrets  IN ADDITION TO  historical  inquiries   The idea  have yet  to be able to   always be  resolved," el-Damaty said.