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Japanese radar specialist Hirokatsu Watanabe has completed radar scans on the northern and western walls of the tomb of Tutankhamen. The scans reveal empty spaces (perhaps rooms) in two locations and radar returns characteristic of metallic and organic material....
Tuts tomb showing the locations of two possible hidden rooms
A number of months ago Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves pointed out that seams hidden underneath the paint on walls suggested that there may be unopened rooms in the tomb. He suggested this may be the resting place of Tut's stepmother Queen Nefertiti who's royal mummy remains missing. It could also be the resting place of Kira - Tut's supposed natural mother - or Ankhesenamen - Tut's half-sister and wife. Both of these mummy's are also missing. Tut's tomb has always mystified Egyptologists because of its design and size. In both aspects it more resembles the tomb of a queen than a royal pharaoh. It has been conjectured that because Tut died young and unexpectedly, he did not have a tomb for himself ready and was hastily buried in a tomb requisitioned from another.
More radar survey's will be undertaken. A problem is how to further explore behind the walls on a more granular level (camera?). The walls are painted and are themselves priceless 3000 year old art treasures.
Painted walls in the tomb of Tutankhamen - radar images suggest there are hidden rooms behind these walls
Tuts tomb showing the locations of two possible hidden rooms
A number of months ago Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves pointed out that seams hidden underneath the paint on walls suggested that there may be unopened rooms in the tomb. He suggested this may be the resting place of Tut's stepmother Queen Nefertiti who's royal mummy remains missing. It could also be the resting place of Kira - Tut's supposed natural mother - or Ankhesenamen - Tut's half-sister and wife. Both of these mummy's are also missing. Tut's tomb has always mystified Egyptologists because of its design and size. In both aspects it more resembles the tomb of a queen than a royal pharaoh. It has been conjectured that because Tut died young and unexpectedly, he did not have a tomb for himself ready and was hastily buried in a tomb requisitioned from another.
More radar survey's will be undertaken. A problem is how to further explore behind the walls on a more granular level (camera?). The walls are painted and are themselves priceless 3000 year old art treasures.
Painted walls in the tomb of Tutankhamen - radar images suggest there are hidden rooms behind these walls
