Ancient pharaoh’s tomb unearthed in Egypt

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: Reigned from 1493 to 1479 BC. Husband and half-brother of Queen Hatshepsut, one of few women to have ruled Egypt. Father of Thutmose III, regarded as ancient Egypt’s greatest ruler


TOMB C4: Believed to have been emptied shortly after king’s death due to flooding, with main contents relocated elsewhere

IDENTIFICATION: Evidence includes fragments of alabaster jars bearing inscriptions with name Thutmose II and remnants of blue-painted ceiling with yellow stars, which are only found in kings’ tombs

Luxor
Cairo
EGYPT
Thutmose II tomb: Last undiscovered royal tomb of 18th Egyptian dynasty
Valley of the Kings
Deir el-Bahari
Thutmose II mummy found in 1881
Luxor
River Nile
1km
0.6 miles

Jar fragments
Tomb ceiling
Painted stars
Entrance
Interior

Sources: Kingdom Research Foundation, Theban Mapping Project
Pictures: Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities, Apple Maps, G. Elliot Smith
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