Revealed: King Tut's tomb has more rooms to explore

Dr. Mamdouh El Damaty has announced the results of the Geo Radar which was used in the tomb of Tutankhamon (KV62) You can watch the video below of the minister's announcement at the conference.

What's the story behind the scenes?

The crucial 48 hours in the search for Nefertiti. with behind the scenes footage in Luxor Times. Stay tuned!

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Minister of Antiquities responds to Reeves announcement on Nefertiti's burial

First official response to Reeves announcement on Nefertiti's tomb

It has been nearly two weeks since Dr. Nicholas Reeves made an announcement regarding King Tut Ankh Amon's tomb. Today, the Minister of Antiquities has finally spoken on the matter. Dr. Reeves believes the tomb has hidden rooms that may contain the burial of Queen Nefertiti, something many media outlets are already dubbing a discovery.  

Upon returning from a trip to Japan, Dr. Mamdouh El Damaty, Minister of Antiquities,said he plans to approach Dr. Reeves to find out what scientific clues Reeves based his announcement on. The Minister went on to say that the Egyptian government plans to conduct several studies to determine if Dr. Reeves' hypothesis is correct.

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Minister of Antiquities approves moving 5 objects of King Tut Ankh Amon’s collection to the Grand Egyptian Museum

 

The GEM (Grand Egyptian Museum) will receive in few days 5 objects of King Tut’s collection after returning to Egypt in January from 2 exhibitions in USA and Japan.

According to Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim, the masterpieces will be transferred from Storeroom No. 55 at the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir under maximum security.

Dr. Hussein Abd El-Bassir, The Genera supervisor of the project of GEM, said that the five objects include a gold plated wooden bed, wooden box and 3 models of ritual boats. Restoration and preparing for display at the museum as a part of the entire collection of King Tut Ankh Amon at the specialised hall of 7500 meters square  (7 times bigger than the current King Tut hall at the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir) equipped with the latest museum display techniques.  

Dr. Hussein also added that there have been 501 objects of King Tut Ankh Amon collection transferred to the GEM which were at storeroom No. 55 at the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir.