The papyrus of Senemnetjer is among the earliest known examples of this funerary text, which was used to guide the soul of ...

The tomb of Pharaoh Thutmose II is the first royal crypt discovered in recent years, and scientists have new powerful tools to analyze it.

He was husband and half-brother of the female pharaoh Hatshepsut, and father of Thutmose III, arguably ancient Egypt's greatest military leader. Thutmose was himself of royal blood as a biological ...

That assessment was based on the tomb’s proximity to those of the wives of King Thutmose III, who was the son of Thutmose II and his second wife Iset. But, as they excavated further, they ...

He is believed to have ruled for around four years, and fathered one child, Thutmose III. The reign of Thutmose II is thought to date from approximately 1493 to 1479 BCE, but his life has been ...

He was succeeded on the throne by his son, Thutmose III. As the first Egyptian royal burial spot uncovered in over 100 years, the tomb was a historic find, but an incomplete one, as Thutmose II ...

Researchers first believed it to belong to the wife of a king because of its location near the tombs of the wives of King Thutmose III, his son, and of Queen Hatshepsut. Due to flooding shortly ...

He was married to Queen Hatshepsut, one of the few women to rule in her own right, and the father of King Thutmose III. His mummified remains were found two centuries ago, but not his burial site ...

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An empty tomb, yet a groundbreaking find – archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered the tomb of Thutmose II, a ruler overshadowed by his powerful wife, Hatshepsut.

The discovery of Thutmose II's tomb last week — the first burial of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh to be discovered within or near the Valley of the Kings since King Tutankhamun's tomb was found in ...