Underground treasure in Valley of Kings

Many tombs are still waiting to be excavated in the valley of the kings, where the royal members of ancient Egypt rested more than 3,000 years ago.

From 2007 to 2010, archaeologists in Egypt explored the famous valley, where the royal palace was buried during the New Capital Period (1550-1070 BC). They have partnered with Archaeological Research Foundation Glen Dash to develop radar-based underground searches. In the past, the group has announced many findings related to the infrastructure of the region, including the flood control system built by the ancient Egyptians, but for some reason is still not completed. city. The system was destroyed during the reign of King Tutankhamun, causing many graves to be damaged, and unexpected developments suddenly helped protect the famous king's treasure from grave thieves.

New excavation mission is taking place in the Valley of the Kings - (Photo: Egyptian Monuments)

In the process of applying radar technology, the expert team collected a large amount of data and needed a lot of time to analyze, according to Reuters quoted Afifi Ghonim, who was the project's director of the field.'The structure of the structure there is too big, it takes years or even decades to fully research' , according to Ghonim, an archaeologist from Egypt's Monuments Ministry, who is now the main manager. project at Giza. It was also the largest excavation project in the Howard Carter Valley of the Kings, and the Egyptologists led the group to discover King Tut's tomb in 1922. 'The general view is that there may be some smaller tombs ever. It is known, like recent discoveries in KV 63 and 64. But it is also possible to find some royal tomb. The resting place of the 18th dynasty queens remains an unexplored mystery, as well as some pharaohs of the new capital, such as Ramesses VIII , 'Ghonim said. Egyptologist Zahi Hawass, who led the working group in the Valley of the Kings, also shared the excitement. Thutmose II's grave, Ramesses VIII grave has not been found, as is the grave of all queens in the 18th dynasty (from 1550 to 1292 BC), according to Hawass, former Egyptian Minister of Ancient Relics. He anticipates this may be a new era of archeology.

To date, locating graves in the Kings Valley is difficult, despite the support of high technology such as high-frequency radar. Once found, many people in the grave are not the first owners of this grave. For example, the small grave KV 64 excavated by the University of Basel (Switzerland) in 2011 belongs to singer Nehmes Bastet, who lived 2,800 years ago. She had reused the tomb which had been built long before and belonged to another owner. However, Ghonim predicts that sooner or later the tombs will find its true owner. And if you find the tombs of the pharaohs still missing, hope to find their brains as well. Research results from Hawass expert and Dr. Sahar Saleem of Cairo University suggest that the ancient Egyptians did not remove the pharaoh's brain during the embalming process.

Many other results in the excavation process that have not been revealed for a long time will be published in future reports. The start of the new era brings hope to revive Egypt's declining tourism industry, due to fluctuations in society recently.