Thutmose II, who reigned from 1493 to 1479 BCE, was identified as the occupant via his name carved on shards of alabaster.

An empty tomb, yet a groundbreaking find – archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered the tomb of Thutmose II, a ruler ...

Thutmose II was the fourth ruler of the illustrious ancient Egyptian 18th dynasty, which included Tutankhamun. Now, the ...

Thutmose III; and his half-sister and wife, Hatshepsut, often considered the real power behind the throne Archaeologists found Thutmose II’s mummified remains two centuries ago, but his original ...

During the New Kingdom, the Temple of Amun-Re at Karnak was the most important place ... such columns and held processional barks. Ramses III smites his enemies in this detail from the Great ...

The newly discovered tomb reveals fresh details about the status of Thutmose II and his role in the sociopolitical structure of 15th century BCE Egypt ...

It is next to the magnificent mortuary temple of Hatshepsut, Thutmose’s principal wife and later pharaoh in her own right, at the site of Deir el-Bahri on the west bank of the Nile at Luxor.

The remarkable find is located in the Western Valley (a burial ground for queens rather than kings), near the complex of Deir el-Bahari , which houses the funerary temple of Hatshepsut.