The banner year that started when Thutmose II's final resting place was identified in February near the Valley of the Kings ...
Archaeologists have discovered the large limestone burial chamber of an unidentified ancient Egyptian pharaoh near the city ...
In 2022, a joint Egyptian-British team began excavating a nondescript site west of Luxor, designated Tomb C4. Nestled near ...
An international team of archeologists have discovered a massive tomb that belonged to one of ancient Egypt ’s earliest ...
This was based on its proximity to Queen Hatshepsut’s tomb and the tombs of King Thutmose III’s wives, explained Mohammad Ismail Khaled, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities ...
given its proximity to the tomb of the wives of King Thutmose III and to the tomb of Queen Hatshepsut, the only woman to have reigned as a pharaoh in Egypt. Adding to the difficulty in determining ...
Pieces of pottery and other evidence found inside the sprawling underground tomb revealed that it belonged to Thutmose II, a young pharaoh who died an untimely death more than three millennia ago.
Inscriptions with the name Thutmose II on pottery remains found in the tomb. One inscription says his wife — and future pharaoh — Hatshepsut had him buried here. . | Credit: Photo courtesy of ...
The entrance and main corridor of the tomb was discovered in Oct. 2022 and was first believed to belong to the royal wives of the Thutmosid kings, according to the post. "This assumption was based on ...
Discovered in 2022, the site is some 1.2 miles away from the Valley of the Kings , where tombs for Thutmose I and III and Hatshepsut were planned. Women of the royal family had been found there, so ...
Before the sixth year of Thutmose III's rule, archaeological signs point to a destructive flood within this tomb, after which the contents were transferred to another burial site. The recent find ...
or his stepson Thutmose III, who became one of the most famous Egyptian warrior-kings, his modest tomb suggests his legacy may not have been as widely celebrated as others in his dynasty.