Sometime before Year 6 of Thutmose III’s reign, archaeological evidence suggests there was a catastrophic flood in this tomb ...

Archaeologists have found the long-lost tomb of King Thutmose II, helping shed more light on ancient Egypt at its peak.

stone sarcophagus. It was long thought that either Hatshepsut or Thutmose III were the culprits, but recent scholarship suggests some combination of religious upheaval, tomb robbers and natural ...

The discovery is the second royal find this year. The long-lost tomb of King Thutmose II was found close to a vast burial ground known as The Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt back in February.

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

(i) Thutmose II was an ancestor of Tutankhamen and the half-brother of Pharaoh Hatshepsut. (ii) The king’s tomb flooded after his buried, and it was badly damaged. (iii) The discovery is ...

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 ...