The tombs of Thutmose II

The tomb of Tutmose II, the last king to be discovered from the 18th Dynasty, was found in the Western Valleys of the Necropolis Tebana, in a finding that revolutionizes Egyptian archaeology. It is the first time in more than a century, since the dig-up of Tutankhamun's tomb, that archaeologists find the last abode of an Egyptian pharaoh. Photo Xinhua The discovery took by surprise the experts, who initially believed that the tomb belonged to a …

The tombs of Thutmose II

The discovery of a new Egyptian royal tomb in Western Valley C (adjacent to the Valley of the Kings) has been confirmed by a joint mission between the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities and the New Kingdom Research Foundation led by Dr Piers Litherland (University of Cambridge). The entrance to the tomb (C4) was originally…