And in a press conference yesterday (Nov. 28), Egyptian officials said they were “approximately 90% sure” they had found a hidden chamber, and that the scans had been sent to Japan for further analysis, according to AFP.
“The radar, behind the north wall [of Tutankhamun’s burial chamber] seems pretty clear. If I am right it is a continuation—corridor continuation—of the tomb, which will end in another burial chamber,” said Reeves, a professor of archaeology at the University of Arizona, at the conference. “I think it is Nefertiti and all the evidence points in that direction.”
Though Tutankhamun’s tomb was a magnificent archaeological find, containing around 2,000 objects, it’s far smaller than other Egyptian kings’ tombs. Reeves believes this is because the 19-year-old died unexpectedly and was hurriedly buried in the chamber of a tomb meant for Nefertiti.
“If I’m wrong, I’m wrong,” Reeves has previously said of his theory. “But if I’m right, the prospects are frankly staggering. The world will have become a much more interesting place—at least for Egyptologists.”
However, Reeves’ work has not yet been submitted to a peer-review journal, and other Egyptologists dispute his theory. Egypt’s antiques minister Mamduh al-Damati believes that the chamber could be the resting place of Kiya, the woman who became pharaoh Akhenaten’s wife after Nefertiti. Others believe the room could contain objects, or simply be empty.
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