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Tutankhamun’s Tomb May Contain Hidden Chambers Housing The Body Of His Predecessor, Queen Nefertiti

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Researchers hope to finally peek inside later this year.

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The hypothesis that Tutankhamon's tomb can hide other environments dates back to 2015, when the British egyptologist Nicholas Reeves identified some lines and cracks on the northern wall of the funerary chamber, as well as particular modifications in the decorations.

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Christopher Gaffney, archaeologist and land penetration radar specialist at Bradford University, calls 'Nature' the report 'fascinating'

·Barcelona, Spain
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He was famous for his golden mask: measurements indicate that there may be other previously undiscovered rooms in the tomb of the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun. Is there the mummy of Nofretete?

·Hamburg, Germany
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“We have something here,” said Mamdouh El Damaty, then Egyptian Antiquities Minister, in an interview he gave ABC in Cairo in 2015, following analyses in Tutankhamon’s tomb pointing to “90%” of the existence of a hidden camera after Pharaoh’s funeral stay. British Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves was convinced that it was the burial of the famous Queen Nefertiti. Damaty was more cautious, although he warned journalist Alicia Alamillos that “most lik…

·Madrid, Spain
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Researchers have once again found evidence of hidden chambers in the tomb of Tutankhamun. For years, it has been believed that the legendary Queen Nefertiti is buried in a hidden burial chamber within that tomb. In 2018, Egypt denied the existence of hidden chambers in the tomb, but new research may change that. "However, it is still too early to draw definitive conclusions," they say.

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