When Howard Carter canceled the Totkhhamon tomb in 1922, he proved that he was one of the greatest discoveries of history.
For a hundred years, the other Egyptian grave of Pharaoh – although archaeologists have not been found that there is more to reveal.
But now, after a century of research, there was recently no negligence after a mission led by Scottish Egyptologist Beers Leitland.
The THUTMOSE II tomb has long been found, Pharaoh from the Eighteenth Dynasty, in the western valleys of Theban Necropolis.
Thutmose II died 3500 years ago, and the last resting place remained the subject of discussion and speculation for generations – and his grave was the grave of the only king in the eighteenth family that was still missing.
This discovery was discovered in October 2022, but no one realized that the grave belongs to it and instead I believe that he belonged to one of the queens or princesses in the afternoon.
“This discovery solves a wonderful puzzle from ancient Egypt: the site of the tombs of the kings in the early eighteenth family,” said Mr. Ligherland, from Galashiels, in Roxburghshire.
The grave of this grandfather was not found tottaghamon because it was always believed to be at the other end of the mountain near the Valley of the Kings.
Pierce Leadland headed an important leadership of the British and found an Egyptian sub -grave, the first grave to be found since Totchhamon hundred years ago
King Thutumos II, Pharaoh IV from the eighteenth family of Egypt
The tomb of Thutmose II was the last graves of the kings of the eighteenth Egypt dynasty
Initially we thought we had found the grave of a royal wife, but the wide stairs and the large entrance suggested something more important.
“The discovery that the burial room was decorated with scenes from AMDUAT, a religious text dedicated to kings, was very exciting and was the first indication that this was the tomb of the king.”
Thutmose II was the husband and brother of Hatshepsut, who is considered one of the greatest branch of Egypt.
The artifacts that were discovered in the newly discovered grave, including fragments of alabaster bearing inscriptions with the names of Thutmose II and his main wife Hatshepsut, gave a final guide to their ownership.
These are the only artifacts connected to the burial that is absolutely found.
During the reign of Thutmose III, archaeological evidence indicates, there was a catastrophic flood in the grave, which means that the contents were transferred to one second.
The discovery indicates through the task of depositing the proper foundation that this second grave is hidden in the same valley.
“The potential existence of a second, and the grave of Thutmose II is an amazing possibility,” said Mohsen Cameel, Assistant Field Director of the Mission.
On November 4, 1922, the Carter Group found steps that led to the Totanchon tomb and spent several months in the ANTECHAMBER index
The discovery also sheds more doubts about the identity of the body in the royal cache in 1881, which was previously determined as Thutmose II.
This body has been constantly dating more than 30 years of age.
However, Thutmose II was described as “the hawk of the nest” when he came to the throne and ruled for a long time enough for the father of the infant Thutumos III before he died after a ruling unlikely to be more than four years.
It is believed that the reign of Thutmose II to now from about 1493 to 1479BC.
But his life has been overwhelmed by his most famous father, Thutmose I, and his wife Hatshepsut, one of the few women who control itself, and his son Thutumos III.
The latest discovery has been discovered on a joint mission between the New Kingdom Research Foundation, an independent British academic institution, and the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.
It is a 12 -year culmination of work in the western valleys through the task that previously created the identities of more than 30 royal wives and tight women during this period, and 54 cemeteries were dug in the western part of Jabal Jaban in Kamer.
“This is the first royal grave to be discovered since the pioneering discovery of the king’s burial room in 1922,” said Sharif Vathi, Egyptian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities.
“It is an unusual moment of Egyptology and the broader understanding of our common human story.”
The eighteenth family rulers include some of the most famous Pharaohs in ancient Egypt, including Totchhamon.