hidden rooms at tomb of tutankhamun raise hopes of new treasures /

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Radar scans reveal two chambers adjoining boy pharaoh’s tomb,raising prospect of finding the resting place of Queen NefertitiAs even the least attentive school-age students of history will recall, Howard Carter’s discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922 was the archeological discovery of that century. Now a find of similar importance could be soon unearthed – in a chamber directly behind that of the boy king.
Radar scans of Tutankhamun’s resting place in Luxor contain shown a 90% chance that there are two hidden chambers to the rear of it, or possibly containing metal and organic fabric,according to Egypt’s antiquities minister, Dr Mamdouh Eldamaty.
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Source: theguardian.com

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