(ORDO NEWS) — Italian scientists conducting their third study of King Tutankhamun’s tomb near Luxor have found no secret rooms in the tomb of the ancient ruler, the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities said.
“The results of high-precision geophysical research confirm that no hidden premises inside or adjacent to the tomb of Tutankhamun exist,” the statement said.
Moreover, experts could not find even signs of the presence of secret passages, stairs or doorways.
The decision to conduct a third study of the tomb was made at an international scientific conference in Cairo in 2016.
It was supposed to put an end to disputes about the possible presence of hidden rooms in the walls of the tomb, which may contain the burial of Queen Nefertiti.
The theory of the hidden burial of the great wife of the pharaoh was put forward by the British archaeologist Nicholas Reeves.
According to Reeves’ theory, behind one of the walls of the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, the tomb of the famous ancient Egyptian queen Nefertiti can be hidden.
He suggested that the entrance to it was masked with plaster with frescoes in one of the walls of the tomb of the young pharaoh, who is considered her adopted son.
The British scientist made this conclusion after a detailed study of three-dimensional laser scanned images of the tomb, as well as its layout.
According to Reeves, he, studying a three-dimensional copy of the tomb of Tutankhamun and wondering why its original is much smaller than the tombs of other ancient Egyptian kings, came to the conclusion from a number of facts that this tomb was originally intended for the queen, and not for the king.
It was necessary to use it for the burial of the pharaoh due to the sudden death of Tutankhamun and the lack of another suitable place for the tomb.
The scientist proposed to test his theory with the help of a radar, which makes it easy to detect possible voids behind the walls of the tomb.
This British proposal was accepted by the then Minister of Antiquities of Egypt, Mamdouh al-Damati.
Studies were carried out, and the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities reported that there could be two rooms behind one of the walls of the tomb.
In addition, the study showed the presence behind the wall of objects of organic origin, possibly bones or wood, as well as others made of metal.
Reeves proposed to continue the study and make a hole in the wall of the tomb to prove the results obtained with the help of radar.
However, the current minister, Khaled al-Annani, refused to conduct any research that could damage this priceless monument. It was decided to conduct a third, additional study using radar.
Almost untouched by robbers, the tomb of Tutankhamun was discovered by archaeologist Howard Carter in 1922. This find became one of the main sensations in Egyptology.
Nefertiti, who is considered the adoptive mother of Tutankhamun and the wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten, was one of the most influential and beautiful women of her time.
Scientists, however, still have not been able to unravel the mystery of the queen’s resting place.
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