Egypt examined Tut's tomb to find Queen Nefertiti

Egypt on November 23 said it would test further to find the mysterious room in King Tutankhamun's tomb suspected of being a burial place for Queen Nefertiti.

Egypt decided to survey more of King Tut's tomb

According to AFP, Egyptian Archaeological Minister Mamduh al-Damati said there will be more exploration methods, in three days from November 26 "to see if behind the hidden walls there are secret rooms" .

"The search will use radar and infrared scanning technology , " Damati said. This technique does not affect the tomb. Exploration results will be announced at the press conference at Luxor on November 28.

Tunnel of King Tutankhamun's tomb.(Photo: AFP).

In July, the famous British archaeologist Nicholas Reeves proclaimed the tomb of Egyptian queen Nefertiti in a secret room, adjacent to the tomb of her son King Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, the domain. South Egypt.

Preliminary scans in early November show that there is a difference in temperature between different parts of the tomb's north wall. According to Reeves, Tutankhamun died suddenly without prior preparation, so he was temporarily buried in a tomb that was not for the king, but for his mother, Queen Nefertiti.

However, Minister Damati said it was possible that the secret room was the grave of Kiya, a wife of pharaoh Akhenaten - the father of Tutankhamun. If Nefertiti's grave is found, this will be a "most important discovery of the century ", since the queen plays an important role in the development of religion worshiping the Sun god in Egypt, as well as being known. came the second powerful woman in Egypt, just behind Cleopatra.