Archaeologists in Egypt have announced the discovery of at least 200 mummies, some of them with golden masks, in a huge cemetery in the Western Desert, says a BBC News dispatch. The best possible scenario would be that its clearly and obviously the tomb of Nefertiti. The debate around Nefertiti's tomb has been raging for decades with some scholars suggesting she was buried 250 miles away from Tutankhamun's tomb in Amarna. Click here for an update from the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt.Ed. Deep beneath Egypt's Valley of the Kings, the scans reveal the outlines of what might be a large passage hidden behind one of the walls . "Im suggesting that the most famous woman in the ancient world is also buried there.". Some Egyptologists claim that before Tutankhamun's reign in the 14th century BC Nefertiti ruled as pharaoh but her tomb has never been found. Nefertiti was the queen during Egypts 18th dynasty (1300 BC). Read the results of a third ground-penetrating radar scan conducted in King Tuts burial chamber.Ed. This theory could also help explain why Tutankhamuns tomb was so small for a pharaoh, consisting of just four small chambers. Your email address will not be published. Even Akhenaten's most ardent opponents wouldn't have violated the sanctity of a royal tomb, which means that. Photo: Harry Burton. Found at Amarna and now in Berlin, it is dated by an inscription to before years 8 through 12 of Akhenaten's reign, or around 1350 B.C. For the past seven years, archaeologists claimed to have found Nefertitis tomb. Has Queen Nefertitis tomb been identified behind the burial chamber of Tutankhamun? Anti-Christian hate crimes in Israel: Where are our chief rabbis? 8. (AFP / Khaled DESOUKI) Hidden hieroglyphics found in the tomb of Egyptian king Tutankhamun have given further strength to a theory that Queen Nefertiti is buried in a concealed, adjacent. Another clue involves two cartouches - ovals with a pharaoh's name in hieroglyphs - painted on the northern wall of Tutankhamun's burial chamber. Reeves has said he is attempting to rein in expectations and not let the story get out of hand. According to Arkeo News, Mr Hawass and his archaeological team started investigation for Queen Nefertiti's tomb on the west bank of Luxor on December 9, 2021. El-Damaty said that at least a week or more of tests will be needed to verify the preliminary results with additional thermal imaging. But these two are special. Examining the Lives of Ancient Egyptian Women by Melinda Nelson-Hurst, When Egyptian Pharaohs Ruled Bronze Age Jerusalem, To See or Not to See: Technology Peers into Ancient Mummies, Bible Artifacts Found Outside the Trench: The Amarna Letters. Speaking to the Times, he said that Tutankhamun's burial site was merely an antechamber of the Queen's tomb and was used at the last minute when the young king died unexpectedly. The Bust of Nefertiti. However, Nefertiti was most famous for her marriage to the controversial pharaoh Akhenaten. It was discovered by Ernesto Schiaparelli (the director of the Egyptian Museum in Turin) in 1904. But the other may be a portal to a second chamber one which he believes, thanks to certain design features, may contain the remains of Nefertiti. He added: We might only be looking at scraps and that would still be very interesting. Neferneferuaten Nefertiti ( / nfrtiti / [3]) ( c. 1370 - c. 1330 BC) was a queen of the 18th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt, the great royal wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten. 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