Scans in Tutankhamun's tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings point to a hidden chamber, the country's antiquities minister said Saturday, possibly heralding the discovery of Queen Nefertiti's resting place.
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Hirokatsu Watanabe, a radar specialist from Japan, pushes his specially modified
Koden-brand machine along the north wall of Tutankhamun’s burial chamber
[Credit: Brando Quilici/National Geographic] |
"We can now say that we have to find another chamber, another tomb, behind the burial chamber of King Tutankhamun" Mamduh al-Damati said at a press conference, speaking in English.
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Pointing to his computer screen, Watanabe explains the multicolored bars that
represent radar data used to determine the material structure of the walls
[Credit: Brando Quilici/National Geographic] |
He said experts were "approximately 90 percent" sure. The tests were spurred by a study by renowned British archaeologist Nicholas Reeves that said Nefertiti's lost tomb may be hidden in an adjoining chamber.
Source: AFP [November 28, 2015]
