Egyptologists have discovered the first tomb of a pharaoh since Tutankhamun’s, uncovering King Thutmose II’s burial chamber in the Western Valleys of the Theban Necropolis near Luxor. The tomb, belonging to an ancestor of Tutankhamun and husband of Queen Hatshepsut, was found decorated with a blue-painted ceiling featuring scenes from the Amduat. The empty tomb, deliberately emptied and flooded after the burial, contained fragments of alabaster jars inscribed with the names of Thutmose II and Hatshepsut, marking a significant find for Egyptology and human history.
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