Nestled near the tombs of Thutmose III’s wives and Queen Hatshepsut’s original burial site, it was initially thought to ...

At the end of Thutmose III’s reign, some 20 years after Hatshepsut’s death, he carried out a large-scale campaign to remove or alter Hatshepsut’s names and images. Scholars call this ...

The tomb of Thutmose ... s burial ever found. open image in gallery Figure 6 Alabaster fragments bearing the name of Thutmose II (Media House/PA Wire). Sometime before Year 6 of Thutmose III ...

Egyptologists tend to focus more on his father, Thutmose I; half-sister and wife, Queen Hatshepsut; and son, Thutmose III. But that doesn ... after the king’s death. Water damage caused ...

"This assumption was based on its proximity to the tombs of King Thutmose III’s wives and Queen Hatshepsut ... to flooding following the king’s death. "Water inundated the tomb, damaging ...

As the excavation work and examination of artifacts continued, the mission found new evidence that identified the owner of the mysterious tomb as King Thutmose II, suggesting also that his burial ...

and are the only artefacts connected with Thutmose II’s burial ever found. Sometime before Year 6 of Thutmose III’s reign, archaeological evidence suggests there was a catastrophic flood in this tomb ...

The discovery of Thutmose II's tomb last week — the first burial of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh to be discovered within or near the Valley of the Kings since King Tutankhamun's tomb was found in ...

Researchers don’t know much about Thutmose II. Archaeologists aren’t sure how long his reign lasted, though some think it was less than five years. After his death, his son, Thumose III ...

The unearthing of the long-lost tomb of ancient Egyptian King Thutmose II is being described ... It is the first royal burial chamber discovered since King Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922 and the ...

Experts also have determined that Queen Hatshepsut, the king’s wife and at the same time his half-sister, oversaw Thutmose II’s burial. Egyptian authorities said the artefacts discovered are ...