The tomb of Thutmose II, a pharaoh who was married to Queen Hatshepsut and ruled Egypt about 3,500 years ago, has been discovered west of the Valley of the Kings. It is the first discovery of a ...

Thutmose II reigned in the shadow of his father Thutmose I, a powerful pharaoh who helped establish ancient Egypt's New Kingdom after a period of crisis and instability.

King Thutmose II’s life, death and afterlife are riddled with unanswered questions. Historians know he briefly ruled ancient Egypt around 3,500 years ago, but not much else about his reign.

Pharaoh Thutmose II ruled for only five years until his death at age 30, when he fell victim to a disease that left him scarred and shriveled. His half-sister and widow, Hatshepsut, assumed the ...

Thutmose II was believed to have lived circa 1492-1479 BC, according to University College London. The long-lost tomb of King Thutmose II marks the first royal tomb discovery since 1922.

A joint Egyptian-British archaeological mission identified the tomb as belonging to King Thutmose II, an ancient Egyptian king who reigned sometime between 2000 and 1001 BC, the country’s ...

Thutmose II was an ancestor of King Tut who reigned from 1493 to 1479 BC. He was married to Queen Hatshepsut, one of the few women to rule in her own right, and the father of King Thutmose III.

The tomb of Thutmose II, the last undiscovered king of the 18th dynasty, has been located in the Western Valleys of the Theban Necropolis. It is the first time in over a century, since the ...

King Thutmose II’s life, death and afterlife are riddled with unanswered questions. Historians know he briefly ruled ancient Egypt around 3,500 years ago, but not much else about his reign.

King Thutmose II’s life, death and afterlife are riddled with unanswered questions. Historians know he briefly ruled ancient Egypt around 3,500 years ago, but not much else about his reign.