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Evidence of secret chambers discovered in King Tutankhamun's tomb
http://www.sciencealert.com/evidence-of-two-secret-chambers-discovered-in-king-tutankhamun-s-tombThe tomb of the famous boy king, Tutankhamun, could contain two secret chambers, Egypt's antiquities minister announced today, and archaeologists suspect that his long-lost stepmother, Queen Nefertiti, could be buried inside.
The discovery was thanks to new high-resolution images that were taken of the northern and western internal walls of the 3,300-year-old tomb. When archaeologists zoomed right in on the details, they found markings in the plaster that were oddly similar to those found by Howard Carter on the entrance gate of King Tut’s tomb in 1922.
The photographs "revealed several very interesting features which look not at all natural," Minister Mamdouh el-Damaty told the press. "Features like very, very straight lines which are 90 degrees to the ground, positioned so as to correspond with other features within the tomb."
He added that they were near-impossible to spot .............
The discovery was thanks to new high-resolution images that were taken of the northern and western internal walls of the 3,300-year-old tomb. When archaeologists zoomed right in on the details, they found markings in the plaster that were oddly similar to those found by Howard Carter on the entrance gate of King Tut’s tomb in 1922.
The photographs "revealed several very interesting features which look not at all natural," Minister Mamdouh el-Damaty told the press. "Features like very, very straight lines which are 90 degrees to the ground, positioned so as to correspond with other features within the tomb."
He added that they were near-impossible to spot .............