Behind the north wall the Nefertiti? – Frankfurter Rundschau

01 October 2015

Antiquities Minister Mamdouh Eldamaty (second from left) on a treasure hunt. Photo: AFP

Egyptologist Reeves hopes in Cairo on evidence that the mummy of Nefertiti since 3300 years lies undisturbed in another chamber of the famous tomb of Tutankhamun

biggest archaeological discovery of the 21st century or hysterical treasure hunt? For two months, the British Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves holds the professional circles around the world with his theory in breathing, the mummy of Nefertiti liege Since 3300 years undisturbed with the world-famous grave of Tutankhamun. “I am 70 per cent sure that we will find another chamber – and I wish with all my heart that she heard Nefertiti”, chimed in on a press conference in Cairo Antiquities Minister Mamdouh Eldamaty in the chorus of enthusiasts

<. p itemprop="text"> For two days he and Reeves had again KV 62 examined in Valley of the Kings, like the grave of the young pharaoh’s among professionals. The underground facility that has recently closed to the public, was larger than previously known, argues Reeves. Design your same rather a queens tomb. An undiscovered space behind the Western Wall could contain other grave goods of Tutankhamen, behind the north wall the “ungeplünderte grave” of Nefertiti herself could hide, believes the renowned Amarna expert who teaches at the University of Arizona.

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Antiquities Minister Eldamaty thanked the British researcher Nicholas Reeves. Photo: AP

1912 discovered the German researcher Ludwig Borchardt, the bust of the world-famous beauty. The Lost grave of the wife of “heretic king” Akhenaten contrast is still one of the great mysteries of Egypt research.

Reeves is now convinced that the entire shaft was originally intended for Nefertiti. The extraordinary woman had returned from Amarna to Thebes, have reconciled with the Amun priesthood, and Egypt ruled as queen Smenkhkare few years.

When her stepson and successor, the 19-year-old Tut, died suddenly, they had hastily rededicated the two front chambers to the grave, the rear separated and bricked of Nefertiti. The Briton bases its double grave theory on three-dimensional scans, who prepared the Spanish company Factum Arte. On the precision photos, make the structures under plaster and paint visible fell Reeves lines, at right angles extending cracks and shadows, which he interpreted as walled doorways to two additional rock chambers.

Along with antiques Minister Eldamaty was the British expert, as he reported in Cairo, now spot more evidence for his suspicions. Thus, the investigation had shown that continues to apply the ceiling of the Tut tomb behind the decorated with paintings Nordwand. Reeves concludes that the north wall does not exist out of solid rock, but a subsequently retracted sandstone wall is, in the visible on the scans “Service door” was admitted. This large, later bricked passage he interprets as an indication that in the hidden chamber behind – must be in a multi-gold wooden shrines jacketed sarcophagus for a “Super Queen”

to bring clarity in the next three months radar scans of the walls and analysis with thermal imaging cameras. Should can be detected voids, the explorers face their next challenge. The 53-year-old Eldamaty, who earned his doctorate at the University of Trier but was also pointed out that there could be acting in the undiscovered grave laying around that Meritatons, the daughter of Nefertiti or Kiya, of his biological mother of Tut.

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