Ancient Egypt in the News:
Nefertiti’s Tomb?
Doctor Cummins is very interested
in everything that has to do with Egypt. She came across an article that
questioned whether or not Nefertiti was buried in the same tomb as King Tut.
There are a lot of suspicions why this subject even came up. King Tut’s tomb
seemed to be built for a Queen. Her burial has not been found yet and they
think this could have potential. King Tut ruled when he was only nine years
old. He died so young that his people had not yet prepared his burial for him.
His tomb ended up being slightly smaller than other Kings had in the Valley of
the Kings. They stuffed everything they could find in it, gold and personal
belongings. His tomb was also robbed and messy when they discovered it. When
Howard Carter discovered his tomb, they investigated it thoroughly. They found
the robbers tunnels in the walls. They had to search for the doors to the other
rooms, which were hidden and very small. To get the materials out, they had to
make systems to get the belongings out.
Nick
Reeves is the professor that has come up with the idea of Nefertiti being in
the same tomb as Tut. He has recreated Tut’s tomb about a mile away from the
original so visitors won’t damage the tomb anymore. His first thought is that
the tomb was built for a Queen. When you enter the tomb, the room where Tut was
placed was to the right of the entry hall. Usually when tombs are built, that
room is placed to the right for a Queen. He questions is her tomb is right next
to King Tut’s because of this fact. There was artwork all over the walls but
the wall that Reeves thinks is connected to Nefertiti’s tomb was slightly
different. There was a special artwork that had baboons on the west wall. They
meant that they were there to greet the sun and they show up in the first hour
in the underworld of death. Reeves also has the suspicion that the mural that
is on the unfinished stele was not Tut. It shows the King getting taken into
the underworld and shows Ay taking his place to rein. Reeves thinks that all of
these paintings of Tut are actually Nefertiti. Reeves has done a lot of
research into this theory and has many ways to back up that this could be true.
Questions: What are the facts to
back this up? Is it possible to dig and see if she is actually in there?
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