Archaeologists Find a Pharaoh’s Tomb, the First Since King Tut’s, Egypt Says
The ministry of antiquities said the discovery of the tomb of Thutmose II, whose wife, Hatshepsut, took the throne after his death, was the first excavation of a royal tomb near the Valley of the Kings since 1922.
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Pharaoh’s tomb is the biggest ancient Egyptian discovery since King Tutankhamun
But that doesn’t make the discovery of his final resting place any less important. On February 18, the Egyptian government announced that an international team of archeologists have finally confirmed the tomb’s location—making it the first and most significant royal find since the identification of King Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922.
Finding the original tomb of the royal is one of the most significant developments in Egyptian archeology in recent history.
Despite being totally empty, the tomb is a crucial element in understanding a transformative period in ancient Egyptian history ...
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