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Geophysical surveys provide new evidence for a theory that the Egyptian pharaoh was interred in the outer rooms of an existing burial complex. Researchers are trying to get approval to investigate for themselves<\/h2>\n
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The tomb of King Tutankhamun in Egypt
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When archaeologist Howard Carter unearthed<\/a> the entrance to an ancient Egyptian tomb in 1922, he found himself \u201con the threshold of what might prove to be a magnificent discovery,\u201d he later recalled<\/a>. \u201cAnything, literally anything, might lie beyond that passage.\u201d<\/p>\n

The tomb, which belonged to King Tutankhamun<\/a>, is now considered one of the most celebrated<\/a> finds in the history of archaeology. But at the time, even amid the excitement, \u201cone thing puzzled me,\u201d Carter wrote, \u201cand that was the smallness of the opening in comparison with the ordinary Valley tombs<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the years that followed, Carter and his fellow researchers would make their way to the antechamber, which was filled with hundreds of treasures, and the burial chamber, where the mummified pharaoh himself rested inside three nested coffins. But none of these magnificent discoveries explained the tomb\u2019s diminutive size.<\/p>\n

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The antechamber of\u00a0Tutankhamun’s tomb was filled with chariots, gilded furniture and hundreds of other treasures.<\/p>\n

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In 2015, a new theory emerged: What if the ancient Egyptians had built the complex, known as KV62, for Queen Nefertiti<\/a> before converting some of its outer rooms into a tomb for Tutankhamun? And if so, could her tomb be located in a still-unexplored chamber beyond the rooms excavated in the 1920s?<\/p>\n

Now, a decade later, researchers have conducted new geophysical surveys using techniques such as ground-penetrating radar<\/a> and microgravimetry<\/a>. The results, published this month in the Occasional Papers of the Amarna Royal Tombs Project<\/em><\/a>, provide new evidence that additional rooms may be concealed beyond Tutankhamun\u2019s.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis study has demonstrated that the careful integration of archaeological analysis, modern scientific methods and long-term field expertise can reopen matters long thought settled,\u201d lead researcher Mamdouh Eldamaty<\/a>, Egypt\u2019s former antiquities minister, writes in the paper. If the team\u2019s theory is correct, \u201cit could potentially rank among the most transformative archaeological discoveries of the modern era.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tutankhamun ascended to power<\/a> circa 1333 B.C.E., when he was only 9, but his reign ended with his untimely death<\/a> about a decade later. Meanwhile, Nefertiti\u2019s story is still a matter of debate. She was a wife of the pharaoh Akhenaten<\/a>, likely Tutankhamun\u2019s father, and she may have been the boy\u2019s stepmother. Some historians argue that she served a brief stint<\/a> as a pharaoh herself. The location of her tomb has been a longstanding mystery.<\/p>\n

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The bust of Queen\u00a0Nefertiti, who lived during the 14th century B.C.E.<\/p>\n

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The idea that the queen\u2019s tomb might be hiding beyond Tutankhamun\u2019s<\/a> was the brainchild of Nicholas Reeves<\/a>, a British Egyptologist and co-author of the new study. In a 2015 paper<\/a>, he pointed to scans of the tomb\u2019s walls, which suggested that traces of \u201ctwo hitherto unrecognized doorways\u201d might be hiding beneath the paint. Reeves argued that the Egyptians weren\u2019t prepared for Tutankhamun to die at such a young age. As such, they may have interred him in the outer chambers of the burial complex belonging to Nefertiti.<\/p>\n

Since then, research has found conflicting<\/a> evidence<\/a> for this theory. But some of these investigations had been searching for \u201ca large void immediately behind the wall,\u201d Nature<\/em><\/a>\u2019s Jo Marchant writes. Based on \u201canomalies\u201d identified in the recent surveys, the study authors argue that several additional chambers may be located roughly 80 to 100 feet north of the burial chamber.<\/p>\n

The researchers describe some of these potential structures as \u201chighly speculative,\u201d though they claim to have identified two with \u201creasonably high levels of confidence.\u201d They think that these chambers may connect to Tutankhamun\u2019s via passageways packed with rubble.<\/p>\n

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Quick fact: A tomb fit for a queen<\/p>\n

The researchers note that exiting Tutankhamun\u2019s tomb requires making a series of left turns. But other kings\u2019 tombs dating to this period \u201cexhibit a consistently opposite orientation\u2014turning rightwards from the burial chamber,\u201d they write. \u201cKV62 conforms to the architectural grammar of neither a private nor a kingly monument. The plan Tutankhamun\u2019s tomb follows is that of an 18th Dynasty queen.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The new findings are \u201cvery tantalizing,\u201d Ray Johnson<\/a>, former director of the Epigraphic Survey at the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, tells Nature<\/em>. \u201cWho could not be excited?\u201d At the same time, he cautions that any hidden chambers, if they do exist, may not contain Nefertiti\u2019s tomb. They may also be in poor condition, damaged by flooding or other natural forces. \u201cWith changing climate and increasingly higher water table,\u201d Johnson says, \u201crecovery of the data is probably the best way to preserve them.\u201d<\/p>\n

The researchers want to investigate the anomalies for themselves. They\u2019re now trying to get approval to drill a small hole from above and lower cameras through it. That\u2019s the only way to know for certain what\u2019s hidden beyond Tutankhamun\u2019s chambers, co-author George Ballard<\/a>, a British structural engineer, tells the London Times<\/em><\/a>\u2019 Rhys Blakely. Still, they have high hopes about what they might find. \u201cThe sky\u2019s the limit,\u201d Reeves tells the publication.<\/p>\n

Christopher Gaffney<\/a>, an archaeologist at England\u2019s University of Bradford, tells Nature <\/em>that he\u2019s \u201cfeeling pretty ambivalent\u201d about the theory. The new data is \u201cfascinating,\u201d he adds, but it doesn\u2019t allow researchers to provide any conclusive answers. Peter Styles<\/a>, a geophysicist at England\u2019s\u00a0Keele University, adds that he also wants more information.<\/p>\n

If Egyptian authorities approve the project, drilling could start as early as November, according to Nature<\/em>. In the meantime, the team is working out the details of the operation, eagerly anticipating the results. Will their cameras capture long-forgotten ancient chambers or a disappointing rocky darkness?<\/p>\n

\u201cEach piece of evidence on its own is not conclusive, but put it all together and it\u2019s hard to avoid my conclusion,\u201d Reeves told the Economist<\/em><\/a> <\/em>in 2015. \u201cIf I\u2019m wrong I\u2019m wrong, but if I\u2019m right this is potentially the biggest archaeological discovery ever made.\u201d<\/p>\n

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