February
23
/ 2025
It was only about a week ago that archaeologists in Egypt announced the record-setting discovery of the long-los tomb of Thutmose II, the fourth pharaoh of ancient Egypt’s 18th Dynasty, who ruled in the mid-15th century BC. But in a declaration absolutely no one saw coming, the same team of Egyptologists has announced their likely discovery of yet another royal tomb linked to Thutmose II, whose total number of final resting places apparently matches the Roman numeral attached to his name. More work will be needed to completely confirm the authenticity of the second tomb. But British archaeologist Piers Litherland, the field director at the New Kingdom Research Foundation that has been working with Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities in
