Burial Chamber Of Ankhesenamun, Tutankhamun’s Wife May Soon Be Found

AncientPages.com - Archaeologists think they have discovered the burial chamber of Ankhesenamun, Tutankhamun's wife. It’s very possible her tomb is located somewhere in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor, Egypt.

On February 16, 1923, Howard Carter (1873 – 1939), an English archaeologist and Egyptologist unsealed and opened the burial chamber of the 14th century pharaoh King Tutankhamun in the tomb (KV62) in the Valley of Kings.

Howard Carter entered King Tutankhamen’s burial chamber and found a series of coffins that contained the teen king’s mummified body.

The discovery of the intact tomb of Tutankhamen became one of the richest and most celebrated contributions to Egyptology.

If the remains of Ankhesenamun, Tutankhamun's wife can be found, Egyptologists will have a new archaeological success of great importance.

Zahi Hawass, archaeologist and former Egyptian minister for antiquities has announced excavations has started in January this year.

Left: Valley of the Kings - Right: Ankhesenamun

“The focus of the excavations is in the area in close proximity to the tomb of Ay, Tutankhamun's successor. The radar scans in the area detected the presence of a possible entrance to a tomb at a depth of five meters (16 feet).

"It is believed that the location of the tomb of Ankhesenamun, Tutankhamun's widow, who married Ay after Tutankhamun's death, is still hidden somewhere in the Valley of the Monkeys,” Zahi Hawass wrote on his website.

Ankhesenamun, whose name means ““She lives through Amun” or “Living through Amun” was the third daughter of Pharaoh Akhenaten and Queen Nefertiti.

History tells us that there were at least six known daughters born to this famous couple; Meritaten, Meketaten, Ankhesenpaaten, Nefernefruaten ta-Sherit, Nefernefrure, and Setepenre. The first three daughters appear to have had a more prominent position in the family hierarchy as they are depicted more frequently in pictures than the last three daughters.

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Ankhesenamun was married to her half-brother Tutankhamun, but after his untimely death, she got married to Pharaoh Ay, who ruled from 1327 to 1323 BC. There is also reason to suspect she was also briefly married to Tutankhamun's father and grandfather.

Akhenaton and Nefertiti with their daughters. Credit and copyright: Jean-Pierre Dalbéra

After her second marriage she vanished from historical records. Finding her remains may shed some light on why she suddenly disappeared.

Last year, Hawass said scientists have located a tomb in the Valley of the Kings, but it’s still unknown who it belongs to.

"We are sure there is a tomb hidden in that area because I found four foundation deposits.

The ancient Egyptians usually did four or five foundation deposits whenever they started a tomb's construction. [And, also] the radar did detect a substructure that could be the entrance of a tomb," Hawass said.

As previously mentioned on Ancient Pages, the mysterious death of Tutankhamun’s Wife,  Ankhesenamun ended the true Amarna bloodline. If the tomb is found, Egyptologists can finally find out what really happened to Ankhesenamun.

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