Infrared Scans Show Possible Hidden Chamber in King Tut’s Tomb

National Geographic ^ | 6 Nov 2015 | Mark Strauss

[MtnClimber]

The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities has just announced that a scientific team has found initial evidence of what might be a hidden chamber in the tomb of King Tutankhamun. [Update: See video below.]

A survey of the tomb was conducted using infrared thermography, which measures temperature distributions on a surface.

According to Mamdouh el-Damaty, the Minister of Antiquities, “the preliminary analysis indicates the presence of an area different in its temperature than the other parts of the northern wall.” One possible explanation is that the variation in temperature is, in effect, an infrared shadow of an open area behind the wall.

[SunkenCiv]

This seems like a better thread for the subthread. :’)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3356816/posts?page=162#162

> According to the French (Sorbonne) Egyptologist Nicolas Grimal, Horemheb does not appear to be the same person as Paatenemheb (Aten Is Present In Jubilation) who was the Commander-in-chief of Akhenaten’s army.

The rest of the synchronisms *aren’t* — otherwise unidentifieds “must” be 18th dynasty, because that’s what the writer’s trying to prop up. Decades on, still nothing to connect Horemheb with the 18th dynasty, and direct evidence in the inscriptions that he lived much later.

[eartrumpet]

I had heard a new Harvard freshman asked a senior where the dining hall was at. Same joke...

[Bigg Red]

Thanks for that information.

[SunkenCiv]

My pleasure.