![]() ![]() Reeves had studied a series of high-resolution images of the walls of Tutankhamun’s burial chamber that had been created by a conservator group called Factum Arte as part of the process of constructing an exact replica of the tomb. The outlines of the doorways in the north (blocking) wall and the west wall of Tutankhamun’s burial chamber were apparently the first clues Reeves noticed, which hinted at the possible presence of Queen Nefertiti’s tomb. In addition, a storage room was built in the west wall of Tutankhamun’s widened burial crypt (chamber “x’ in the diagram below), accessible by a small doorway. At the same time, Reeves says, the north wall, concealing Queen Nefertiti’s tomb, was partly painted over, and images of Nefertiti were changed to show Tutankhamun instead. ![]() Reeves goes on to propose that later, when Tutankhamun died at an early age, he was buried in a part of the corridor just to the south of the north (blocking) wall, that this part of the corridor was widened to create a larger burial chamber and that another blocking wall was built to partition Tut’s burial chamber off from the section of the corridor nearest the entrance, which remained at the original width of the corridor and became an antechamber. Howard Carter and others at the moment King Tutankhamun’s tomb was opened. In the free eBook Ancient Israel in Egypt and the Exodus, top scholars discuss the historical Israelites in Egypt and archaeological evidence for and against the historicity of the Exodus. This wall-the north wall, Reeves says-was plastered and painted with images of Nefertiti and served as a “blocking wall” and “blind,” concealing the door and the chamber behind it. The theory goes that after Nefertiti’s interment, a wall was built across the corridor, partitioning off the north end but containing a small doorway to allow access to what was now Nefertiti’s burial chamber (chamber “y” in the diagram below). Reeves’s article suggests that tomb KV 62-King Tutankhamun’s tomb-was originally a single narrow corridor of uniform width originally created for Nefertiti alone and that she was buried first at the north end of the chamber farthest from the entrance. ![]() In an article entitled “The Burial of Nefertiti?” published earlier this year, 1 Reeves proposed that Nefertiti’s burial chamber and another smaller room may lie behind and next to the burial chamber of Tutankhamun, concealed behind hidden doorways in the walls of the Egyptian pharaoh’s tomb. Photo: Philip Pikart’s image is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. The bust is believed to have been created by Thutmose, chief sculptor of Akhetaten, ca. ![]()
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