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More 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 ...
Thutmose II's tomb was the last of the lost tombs of the kings of ancient Egypt's Eighteenth Dynasty On November 4, 1922, Carter's group found steps that led to Tutankhamun's tomb and spent ...
Studies suggest that Thutmose II died around the age of 30, after which his wife (and half-sister) Hatshepsut assumed the throne, where she ruled for about 21 years, from around 1479 B.C. to 1458 B.C.
King Thutmose II’s tomb, the last undiscovered royal tomb of Egypt’s 18th dynasty, was found by a British-Egyptian team in the Western Valleys of the Theban Necropolis, near Luxor.
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.
Archaeologists determined that the tomb, unearthed in 2022, belonged to Thutmose II from shards of alabaster jars and the tomb's kingly decor, Dr. Piers Litherland, the mission's British field ...
Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced the discovery of King Thutmose II’s tomb on Tuesday, ending a search for what they called the last missing royal tomb of the 18th Dynasty ...
Thutmose II, whose reign is believed to have been from about 1493 to 1479 BC, was an ancestor of Tutankhamun. Tutankhamun's tomb was found by British archaeologists in 1922.
Thutmose II was the fourth Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt. He built some minor monuments and initiated at least two minor campaigns but did little else during his rule and was probably ...
A new study argues that the pharaoh’s statues weren’t destroyed out of revenge, but were ‘ritually deactivated’ because of ...
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 was a pharaoh of Egypt 's 18th dynasty who lived and ruled nearly 3,500 years ago. He likely ruled for less than five years, although this is subject to debate.