Archaeologists in Egypt have found the tomb of King Thutmose II — the first discovery of an ancient royal tomb since King Tutankhamun's in 1922.

The tomb was found within an ancient Egyptian necropolis in Abydos. The burial is located about 23 feet (7 meters) ...

While Hatshepsut may have overseen the burial ... The newfound tomb was largely empty; archaeologists found that the mummy and most of the grave goods were moved after the tomb flooded shortly ...

The tomb of Pharaoh Thutmose II is the first royal crypt discovered in recent years, and scientists have new powerful tools ...

Thutmose II, who reigned from 1493 to 1479 BC, is most famously known as the husband of Queen Hatshepsut, one of Egypt’s few female pharaohs. Archaeologists believe the first tomb was emptied six ...

But that doesn’t make the discovery of his final resting place any less important. On February 18, the Egyptian government announced that an international team of archeologists have finally confirmed ...

They also bore the name of Queen Hatshepsut, Thutmose II’s wife and half-sister ... Culture Club//Getty Images The mummy of Thutmose II, as photographed in 1900 What wasn’t found in the tomb, however, ...

Archaeologists uncover Thutmose II’s 3,500-year-old tomb, marking a groundbreaking discovery in Egypt’s Thebes region.

An empty tomb, yet a groundbreaking find – archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered the tomb of Thutmose II, a ruler overshadowed by his powerful wife, Hatshepsut.

Hatshepsut was also named as the pharaoh ... the first-ever found to belong to the late pharaoh. The pharaoh’s mummy was not in the tomb — it was discovered in 1881 in the Deir El-Bahari ...

A mummy reburied in a cache at Deir el-Bahari ... Thutmose II is perhaps most famous for marrying his half sister Hatshepsut. After Thutmose II's death, Hatshepsut rose to become a female pharaoh.

including the cliff tomb of Hatshepsut, which was prepared for her when she was still a royal wife. Thutmose II’s mummy was discovered in the so-called Royal Cache in Deir el-Bahari in 1881 ...