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Graphic shows details of the discovery of King Thutmose II’s tomb.
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Eerste faraograftombe in Luxor gevonden sinds die van Toetanchamon

By Jordi Bou

February 21, 2025 - A joint Egyptian-British mission has identified an ancient tomb in Egypt as that of King Thutmose II, marking the first royal tomb discovered in Luxor since King Tutankhamun’s in 1922.

Thutmose II was the fourth ruler of the illustrious ancient Egyptian 18th dynasty, which included Tutankhamun. He was also the husband as well as the half-brother of Hatshepsut, one of Egypt’s greatest pharaohs and one of the few women to rule in her own right, and the father of Thutmose III, regarded
as ancient Egypt’s greatest ruler.

Now, the location of his long-lost tomb, one of the last missing royal tombs, has been confirmed by the New Kingdom Research Foundation, a British-Egyptian archaeological team led by Piers Litherland.

The team discovered the entrance and main passage to the tomb back in October 2022. Originally, the tomb was thought to belong to one of Thutmose II’s wives. However, recent excavations within the tomb found alabaster jars bearing inscriptions with the name Thutmose II, which refer to him as the “deceased king,” and convinced archaeologists that the king had once been buried there.

The pharaoh himself was not in the tomb, as his mummified body had been previously removed from the site and relocated. It was found in the Deir el-Bahari, near the Valley of the Kings, in the nineteenth century and his remains are today on display at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation.

Even though the tomb has been found emptied of funerary goods such as sarcophagi, this is actually good news. It indicates that the tomb contents were moved elsewhere, perhaps due to flooding. These items were not found with Thutmose II’s relocated body, so the search is still on to find them.

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PUBLISHED: 21/02/2025; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities, Apple Maps, G. Elliot Smith
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