Archaeologists have unearthed King Thutmose II’s tomb — the most significant Egyptian discovery since King Tut’s resting place was found in 1922.
A team of British and Egyptian archaeologists located the burial place west of Luxor’s “Valley of the Kings,” according to Egyptian officials. Thutmose II was a member of King Tut's complicated family tree. The find fills in a major gap; it represents the last missing tomb of 18th Dynasty Egyptian royalty.
“This is the first time funerary furniture belonging to Thutmose II has been discovered, as no such items exist in museums worldwide," Mohamed Ismail Khaled, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) said in a statement by Egypt’s State Information Service (SIS).
