Recently published, high-resolution scans of the walls of room J (the Burial Chamber) of Valley of the Kings tomb KV 62 (Tutankhamun) reveal, beneath the plastered surfaces of the painted scenes, distinct linear traces. These are here mapped, discussed, and tentatively identified as the "ghosts" of two hitherto unrecognized doorways. It is argued that these doorways give access to: (1) a still unexplored storage chamber on the west of room J, seemingly contemporary with the stocking of Tutankhamun's burial; and (2) a pre-Tutankhamun continuation of KV 62 towards the north, containing the undisturbed burial of the tomb's original owner -- Nefertiti.
One can only imagine the riches that perhaps lie undiscovered only inches away from Tut's known tomb.
Very interesting. Even more so if this turns out to be true.
ReplyDeleteDrill a little hole and poke a camera on a stick through. If it is Nefertiti, imagine the royal riches that are there!
DeleteIt would be a very exciting discovery. ...but did Nefertiti have freckles? I think that's the big question that we're trying to answer here.
ReplyDeleteFreckles were unlikely, but she seems to have had quite the swan like neck.
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