Come to light, thanks to an Egyptian-British expedition, the first tomb of a pharaoh since, more than a century ago, that of Tutankhamon was found and belongs to King Thutmose II.
It would be About 2.4 kilometers west of the Valley of the Kingsclose to the city of Luxor, where Egyptologists had found the remains mummified of this less well -known sovereign already two centuries agobut the original burial place.
According to the Ministry of Tourism and Egyptian antiquities, that of Thutmose II is The last lost tomb of the kings of the XVIII dynasty And the first of real rank discovered after that of Tutankhamon in 1922.
Part of the ceiling was still intact: a ceiling painted blue with yellow stars. And blue painted ceilings with yellow stars are found only in the tombs of the kings – the head of the mission, Piers Lirland, told the BBC. The tomb – he added – proved completely empty. Not because it had been robbed, but because it had been deliberately emptied.
A Joint Egyptian-British Archaeological Mission Has Uncovered The Long-Lost Tomb of King Thutmose II, The Final Missing Royal Tomb of Dynasty 18, During Excavations at Tomb C4 on the West Bank of Luxor. The Tomb’s Entrele and Main Corridor Were First Identified in 2022. #Luxor pic.twitter.com/e08w7oskw9
– Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (@Tourismandantiq) Febration 20, 2025
When, in 2022, the archaeological team discovered the entrance and the main corridor of the burial for the first time, believed that it belonged to a woman given the proximity to the Tomb of Queen Hatshepsut and those of the wives of King Thutmose III.
Just the Faraone Thutmose II is known above all for being the consort of Queen Hatshepsut, considered one of the greatest queens of Egypt And one of the few women to reign fully. We talk about Hatshepsut in an interesting article.
