After months of excavation, they cleared the passageway of rocky debris and emerged into a stark, empty tomb. There was no sarcophagus or any of the offerings traditional to Egyptian burial sites.
which spanned from 1550 to 1292 B.C.E. The tomb, located about 1.5 miles west of Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, was described as relatively empty and in poor shape after suffering flood damage ...
But "the tomb turned out to be completely empty", said Mr Litherland. "Not because it was robbed but because it had been deliberately emptied." They then worked out that the tomb had been flooded ...
Legacy and continued discovery The empty tomb, along with its unique location near royal wives’ tombs, offers valuable insight into Thutmose II’s status during his reign. This discovery ...