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Most of the KV35 mummies were removed from the tomb and taken to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, but Amenhotep II’s body remained in situ. In 1901 thieves broke into the tomb.
DNA testing on ancient remains has shown that Tutankhamun’s mother was another woman found in the tomb of Amenhotep II, making Nefertiti his stepmother. Nicholas Reeves, ...
Amenhotep II, Tut's great-great-grandfather, is buried nearby. When archaeologists entered their tomb, they were met with not just one body but several, with details one in particular shocking ...
Scientists have managed to identify and recreate the scent of elaborate mummifications which were used on a noblewoman of ancient Egypt circa 1450 BCE.
Years after the cache of mummies in Amenhotep II’s tomb was revealed, Howard Carter, renowned for discovering Tutankhamun’s tomb, relocated nine identified mummies – including those of Kings Thutmose ...
A more controversial theory, first publicized in 2003, claimed she was one of three unnamed mummies found within the tomb of Pharaoh Amenhotep II. Both theories have been dismissed by Egypt’s ...