King Thutmosis II: Tomb of the ancient Egyptian king, which was discovered in the “remarkable” discovery

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A royal grave that belongs to an old Egyptian king was excavated in a so -called “remarkable” discovery of officials.

A common Egyptian-British archaeological mission identified the grave of King Thutmose II, an old Egyptian king, who was someday between 2000 and 1001 BC.

The location is originally identified as a “grave C4” and is about 2.4 kilometers west of the valley of the kings in the Egyptian Luxor region, said the Ministry.

When the archaeological team discovered the entrance and the main corridor of the grave for the first time in 2022, they believed that it belonged to one of the kings’ women. This is based on his proximity to Queen Hatshepsut’s grave and the graves of the women of King Thutmosis III. Mohammad Ismail Khaled, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiques, explained in release.

But over the years, the joint mission under the direction of the Supreme Council of Antiques and the New Kingdom Research Foundation revealed a different story: the grave actually belonged to Thutmosis II.

Piers Litherland, field director at the New Kingdom Research Foundation, said his team was surprised by the discovery.

“Like many others, we thought this is a wadi (valley) that was associated with royal women,” Litherland told CNN on Wednesday.

The location of the grave is also very unusual for a king.

“The grave is located in a badly selected place under two waterfalls and down on the bottom of a slope, which (and has) water into the much more moist weather of the 18th dynasty,” he said.

The evidence that were one of the fragments of alabaster glasses on Thutmose II who were enrolled with his name and identified him as a “deceased king” as well as inscriptions with the name of his wife and the half-sister, Queen Hatshepsut.

According to Khaled, discovery marks one of the most important archaeological breakthroughs in recent years, which has been added that artefacts found in the grave will offer critical insights into the history of the region and the king’s reign.

Little is known about Thutmosis II. Scholars even discuss the length of his reign, which could have been three or four years or more than 14.

“So far it doesn’t tell us much about his life,” said Litherland about the discovery of the grave. “However, it tells us that he was buried by Hatshepsut and not by his son, the child Thutmosis III. It was the duty of the kings to bury their predecessors. ”

Litherland believes that this could explain why younger thutmosis was “so interested” to disassociate himself from Hatshepsut and “emphasize his connections to his father and grandfather”.

The grave was found in a poor state of preservation, which would have happened shortly after the king’s death due to floods. Water damaged the interior of the grave, whereby preliminary studies indicate that the original content was probably moved to another point.

However, the archaeological team was able to restore fallen plaster fragments in the grave. Among them were the remains of the plaster with blue inscriptions, yellow star motifs and parts of the book AMDUAT, a religious text associated with ancient Egyptian royal graves.

Litherland found that the simple architectural design of the grave served as a prototype for later royal graves of the 18th dynasty. He added that the mission will continue its work to uncover more secrets of the area and to find the final resting place of the original content of the grave.