Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered the 3,200-year-old tomb of a possible military commander who may have served during ...

This was based on its proximity to Queen Hatshepsut’s tomb and the tombs of King Thutmose III’s wives, explained Mohammad Ismail Khaled, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities ...

He was succeeded on the throne by his son, Thutmose III. As the first Egyptian royal burial spot uncovered in over 100 years, the tomb was a historic find, but an incomplete one, as Thutmose II ...

In 2022, a joint Egyptian-British team began excavating a nondescript site west of Luxor, designated Tomb C4. Nestled near ...

Before the sixth year of Thutmose III's rule, archaeological signs point to a destructive flood within this tomb, after which the contents were transferred to another burial site. The recent find ...

It's the first pharaoh's tomb to be discovered in Luxor for over a century. Thutmose II had a relatively short and uneventful reign, but his enduring legacy is his family. He was husband and ...

The discovery of Thutmose II's tomb last week — the first burial of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh to be discovered within or near the Valley of the Kings since King Tutankhamun's tomb was found in ...

The entrance and main corridor of the tomb was discovered in Oct. 2022 and was first believed to belong to the royal wives of the Thutmosid kings, according to the post. "This assumption was based on ...

Inscriptions with the name Thutmose II on pottery remains found in the tomb. One inscription says his wife — and future pharaoh — Hatshepsut had him buried here. . | Credit: Photo courtesy of ...

The tomb of King Thutmose II has been found, but what does this achievement mean? Is it an archaeological breakthrough of Tutankhamun proportions?

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