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 ...

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 ...

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.

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers could also confirm that Queen Hatshepsut—one of only two queens ... not only the reason for the removal of Thutmose II’s mummy, but the mystery corridor’s purpose.

open image in gallery The mummy of King Thutmose II ... significant people were interred in their new resting place near Hatshepsut’s temple. The entrance was well disguised by sand and rocks ...

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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.