Posted on 02/09/2024 10:34:55 AM PST by SunkenCiv
The contractor *said* he’d get it done on time, but then had all kinds of excuses about workers calling in sick (something about a curse), weather problems, supply chain...
He’s mostly alone on this particular claim. It would be *nice* if there were at least one additional chamber, but it’s more likely that it’s a natural cavity that was discovered when the tomb was first being excavated. That work was abandoned, then Tut died and the usual amount of time wasn’t available, so some recarving was done, and the void was bricked up or stones were laid, and it was plastered over. More in the FRchives topics linked above.
Reeves' search for Nefertiti resulted in his use of ground penetrating radar to turn up a couple of previously unknown pit graves in the KV, KV-63 (which has been excavated) and KV-64 (which has not). He was hopeful that 63 would be the burial of Nefertiti.
It's much more likely that the looting problem which resulted in the cache burial of New Kingdom pharaoh remains (TT320) also resulted in a cache burial of non-pharaoh remains (wives and children of pharaohs). Burial of pharaohs with non-pharaohs was a no-no.
TT320 was discovered by robbers apparently in the 19th century, who were caught removing stuff, and then it got scientifically studied and excavated.
There's probably a similar cache, perhaps near TT320, that was found by modern looters. Material with Nefertiti's name showed up in the bazaars of Cairo late in the 19th c or early in the 20th, so that's probably all we'll ever see unless this possible cache is real and is eventually found (the mummies are probably in there and picked clean of artifacts).
The ancient looting of Nefertiti's original burial is suggested by an artifact with her name on it, found aboard the Ulu Burun II wreck.
ooo a curse, i hate it when that happens...
Everybody knows about the curse, everybody knows that the curse is the worse...
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