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 ...

Little is known about Thutmose II, who reigned as pharaoh from about 1493 B.C. until about 1479—more than 100 years before Tutankhamun lived, but part of the same 18th Dynasty of Egyptian kings.

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.

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 ...

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.

Live Science continues to report how King Thutmose II’s tomb was actually discovered in October 2022; however, it wasn’t until late 2024 and early this year that pottery bearing the name of ...

Few monuments are dedicated to him. Thutmose II died before the age of 30. A body believed to be his was discovered in the Deir el-Bahri Cache, located above the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut.

A new study argues that the pharaoh’s statues weren’t destroyed out of revenge, but were ‘ritually deactivated’ because of ...