CAIRO: New radar scans have provided conclusive proof that there are not any hidden rooms inside of King Tutankhamun's burial chamber, Egypt's antiquities ministry said Sunday, bringing a disappointing end to years of excitement over the chance.
Mostafa Waziri, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said an Italian staff performed in depth studies with ground-penetrating radar that confirmed the tomb did not contain any hidden, man-made blockading partitions as was once earlier suspected. Francesco Porcelli of the Polytechnic University of Turin offered the findings at a world conference in Cairo.
"Our work shows in a conclusive manner that there are no hidden chambers, no corridors adjacent to Tutankhamun's tomb," Porcelli said, "As you know there was a theory that argued the possible existence of these chambers but unfortunately our work is not supporting this theory."
In 2015, British Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves proposed, after analysis of high-definition laser scans, that queen Nefertiti's tomb may well be concealed behind wall art work within the famed boy king's burial chamber. The discovery ignited huge passion, with officers first speeding to beef up the speculation however then later distancing themselves and in the end rejecting it.
The ministry says two previous scans by way of Japanese and American scientists had proved inconclusive, however insists this latest ground-penetrating radar data closes the lid on the tomb having such hidden secrets.
"It is concluded, with a very high degree of confidence, said Dr. Porcelli, the hypothesis concerning the existence of hidden chambers or corridors adjacent to Tutankhamun's tomb is not supported by the GPR data," it said in its remark.
The ministry has been step by step moving King Tut's assets to a new museum outside Cairo near the Giza Pyramids to undergo recovery sooner than they're put on display. The switch of the precious assets has develop into a in particular delicate factor; In 2014 the beard hooked up to the traditional Egyptian monarch's golden mask was once by accident knocked off and abruptly reattached with an epoxy glue compound, sparking uproar amongst archaeologists.
The fourth International Tutankhamun Conference in Cairo the place Porcelli offered the findings, the most in depth radar survey of the website online to this point, was once attended by way of quite a lot of Egyptologists and archaeologists from internationally.
During the conference, Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anani said that the primary segment of the new museum, together with King Tut's halls, will likely be finished by way of the end of this year but the date for the museum's "soft opening" has yet to be decided. The museum these days hosts greater than 43,200 artifacts of which over four,500 belong to King Tut on my own, and its grand opening is planned for 2022.
Mostafa Waziri, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said an Italian staff performed in depth studies with ground-penetrating radar that confirmed the tomb did not contain any hidden, man-made blockading partitions as was once earlier suspected. Francesco Porcelli of the Polytechnic University of Turin offered the findings at a world conference in Cairo.
"Our work shows in a conclusive manner that there are no hidden chambers, no corridors adjacent to Tutankhamun's tomb," Porcelli said, "As you know there was a theory that argued the possible existence of these chambers but unfortunately our work is not supporting this theory."
In 2015, British Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves proposed, after analysis of high-definition laser scans, that queen Nefertiti's tomb may well be concealed behind wall art work within the famed boy king's burial chamber. The discovery ignited huge passion, with officers first speeding to beef up the speculation however then later distancing themselves and in the end rejecting it.
The ministry says two previous scans by way of Japanese and American scientists had proved inconclusive, however insists this latest ground-penetrating radar data closes the lid on the tomb having such hidden secrets.
"It is concluded, with a very high degree of confidence, said Dr. Porcelli, the hypothesis concerning the existence of hidden chambers or corridors adjacent to Tutankhamun's tomb is not supported by the GPR data," it said in its remark.
The ministry has been step by step moving King Tut's assets to a new museum outside Cairo near the Giza Pyramids to undergo recovery sooner than they're put on display. The switch of the precious assets has develop into a in particular delicate factor; In 2014 the beard hooked up to the traditional Egyptian monarch's golden mask was once by accident knocked off and abruptly reattached with an epoxy glue compound, sparking uproar amongst archaeologists.
The fourth International Tutankhamun Conference in Cairo the place Porcelli offered the findings, the most in depth radar survey of the website online to this point, was once attended by way of quite a lot of Egyptologists and archaeologists from internationally.
During the conference, Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anani said that the primary segment of the new museum, together with King Tut's halls, will likely be finished by way of the end of this year but the date for the museum's "soft opening" has yet to be decided. The museum these days hosts greater than 43,200 artifacts of which over four,500 belong to King Tut on my own, and its grand opening is planned for 2022.
Egypt says no hidden rooms in King Tut's tomb after all
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