Egypt gets ready to unearth secret tomb of King Tutankhamun teenaged wife

About a hundred years back, not just Egypt but the whole world was moved when Howard Carter discovered the ancient, hidden tomb of King Tutankhamun aka King Tut, the young pharaoh and one of the eminent rulers in the history of Egypt.

If the assumptions of the Egyptologists turn out to be true, the tomb of King Tut’s teen wife Ankhesenamun might be the next big thing to be discovered in 2018.
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Egyptologists previously discovered what they believe is the burial chamber of Ankhesenamun, Tutankhamun's wife, in the Valley of the Kings.


In the early 2017, the Egyptologists managed to unearth something which they thought to be the burial chamber of Ankhesenamun, in the famous Valley of the Kings. Now, the archaeologists have started excavating the area near a tomb at the same site, believing that there might lay her body.

The announcement about excavation was made by Archaeologist and ex-Egyptian minister for antiquities, Zahi Hawass, on his web page. In July 2017, he unearthed the unlikely burial site near the tomb of Ay, the pharaoh and Tutankhamun's successor, with the help of radar technology.
The teen bride is believed to have had a tragic life, marrying her father, her grandfather and her half-brother Tutankhamun. Ankhsenamun married Ay after Tutankhamun’s unexpected death, and it is believed that her tomb is still clandestinely buried in the Valley of the Monkeys.


Reportedly, the excavations have begun in January 2018 at the Valley of Monkeys, a valley located near the Valley of the Kings.
According to news reports, Hawass and his team has surely discovered a tomb at the site but it is yet unknown who lies inside it. The presence of four foundation deposits and other evidences gave clue about the presence of a tomb at the excavated site because the ancient Egyptians normally did four or five foundation deposits before starting a tomb’s construction. The radar detected a sub-structure, thus, throwing light on the fact that there could likely be an entrance leading to a tomb.

Ankhesenamun was one of the children of Pharaoh Akhenaten and Queen Nefertiti, born around 1348 BC. The annals of Egyptian history reveal that her life was quite a tragic one; she had to marry her father, her grandfather and her cousin, Tutankhamun, in that order.