The archaeologist who discovered Pharaoh’s tomb may have just made an even more find

The stunning discovery of Pharaoh’s funeral last week was a bomb in the world of archeology. No, since Howard Carter was located on the tomb of the boy Tsar Tutankhamun in 1922, such a site was found. There was only one problem: Pharaoh’s body was not in the tomb. Now the archaeologist, who has made he find, believes he may have resolved the case of the missing desiccant corpse.

On February 18, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities declared A joint Egyptian and British archaeological project had revealed Tutmos II’s first tombS Situated near Luxor, just a few kilometers from the Valley of the Kings, the tomb was found in a severely damaged state, probably due to a flood that occurred within six years of Pharaoh’s death. Despite the poor preservation, the team led by British archaeologist Pierce Literland was able to identify the tomb due to relics such as Alabaster jars with the name of Pharaoh on them, as well as funeral furniture.

Details of the reign of Thutmose II are scarce due to a shortage of archaeological finds that describe in detail his management. He was probably in power between 1493 and 1479 BC, although his actual time on the throne may have been as short as many as three years old. The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization pegs His time on top of less than five years. He is known to be the son of Tutmose I and one of his minor wives. He took power by marrying his half -sister Hatshepsut, who was the daughter of his father’s main wife. Families are complicated, amiright?

Despite his likely short reign, he was known for several successful military campaigns, including the termination of several uprisings in Nubia and the destruction of a tribe in Sinai. He was inherited to the throne by his son, Tutmos III.

As the first Egyptian royal funeral, revealed for more than 100 years, the tomb was a historical find, but incomplete, since the mummified corpse of Tutmos II was never found anywhere. Less than a week after a career discovery, Litherland now says he has made another-and has reason to believe that the mummy is inside.

“You dream of such things,” he of The GuardianS “But like winning the lottery, you never believe it will happen to you.”

Inside the pit, located in the first tomb, Litherland found an inscription stating that the half -sister/Pharaoh’s wife had moved the contents. Litherland said there was reason to believe that the king was questioned in another tomb he had actually discovered for the first time in 2022. Since then, he and his colleagues have been looking for a way inside, not an easy feat, considering that he is buried under layers of rock and plaster.

“There are 23 meters a pile of human-created layers that sit over a point in the landscape where we believe-and we have other confirmative evidence-there is a monument concealed below,” Literland said. “The best candidate for what is hidden under this extremely expensive, in terms of effort, the pile is the second tomb of Tutmos II.”

The workers who constructed the tomb protected it, not only made a layer of muddy plaster with ash on top, but also by fucking huge stones on it, which were then plastered in place.

Going through all this was a safe time -consuming effort, and Litherland estimated that the work was done halfway and could be completed in a month.

There is some dispute about what he can find after entering. In 1881, the mummified body of a 30-year-old man was originally identified as Thutmose II, but Litherland believed that this was a case of misconduct. He said historical records show that Pharaoh came to power as a young boy. Given that his reign was probably short, he probably died long before he reached 30.

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Here, at Gizmodo, we are people of science, so we won’t say it’s a bad idea. The fact that the “curse of the Pharaohs” are almost defined lawEven if there were any Strange deaths Tied to the discovery of Tutankhamun. Still, just like a precautionary measure in case Thutmose II is in this tomb, does anyone know what Brandon Fraser has on his route next month?