Geo-radar surveys begin to uncover hidden corridors in Tutankhamun's tomb

After nearly a year of waiting, researchers in Archaeo-Physics at the Polytechnic University of Turin have obtained permission fromEgypt to detect through geo-radar possible gaps and corridors hidden behind the walls of Tutankhamun’s tomb. In particular, they would look for the tomb of Queen Nefertiti.

In fact, according to British Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves, the pharaoh’s tomb may be part of a larger tomb belonging to Nefertiti.

The geo-radar surveys will start today and conclude on Feb. 6: these will be able to give 99 percent certain answers regarding the existence of hidden structures of archaeological significance adjacent to the pharaoh’s tomb, and will subsequently be compared with the presence of suspicious cavities in the rock at a distance of a few meters from Tutankhamun’s burial chamber.
The polytechnic university stated, however, that “there is currently a lack of confirmation that these cavities are directly related to it.”

A team of leading experts from two departments of the Polytechnic University of Turin and two private companies will be in charge of the aforementioned surveys. A British company and the Italian Archaeological Center in Cairo will also participate.

Source: Ansa - Repubblica

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Geo-radar surveys begin to uncover hidden corridors in Tutankhamun's tomb

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