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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Dalya Alberge

Tutankhamun’s burial chamber may contain door to Nefertiti’s tomb

Zawi Hawass, head of High Council for Antiquities, supervises the removal of the mummy of Tutankhamun
Zawi Hawass, the Egyptian head of the high council for antiquities, supervises the removal of the mummy of Tutankhamun in Luxor in 2007. Photograph: Reuters

The discovery of hidden hieroglyphics within Tutankhamun’s tomb lends weight to a theory that the fabled Egyptian queen Nefertiti lies in a hidden chamber adjacent to her stepson’s burial chamber, a world-renowned British Egyptologist has said.

Nicholas Reeves, a former curator in the British Museum’s Department of Egyptian Antiquities, said that while the theory remained unproven after inconclusive radar scans, it has been given fresh impetus following the new clue.

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