'Not enough survives to read the king's name': Tomb discovered of unknown ancient Egyptian pharaoh

Live Science ^ | March 18, 2025 | Owen Jarus

[SunkenCiv]

[snip] The archaeologists analyzed damaged hieroglyphs on a canopic chest found inside the tomb. The name of the royal heiress, Princess Hatshepsut, was deciphered after a scanner carefully read and analyzed a series of hieroglyphics that had been damaged by the erosion of time, revealing her name for the first time.

"This is a revelation. There are no records of this newly discovered Princess Hatshepsut yet she was important enough to have been buried in her own pyramid," the narrator says.

Princess Hatshepsut is different from the famous Pharaoh Hatshepsut of the 18th Dynasty, who was the architect of the famous temple near the Valley of the Kings. The newly discovered Princess Hatshepsut dates back to the early 13th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt. [/snip]

The mystery of Princess Hatshepsut: Burial of unknown Egyptian royal uncovers ancient crime scene | The Jerusalem Post | Staff | February 10, 2025

[SunkenCiv]

One of *those* topics.

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[SuperLuminal]

Maybe it was Kiljoy...

[SunkenCiv]

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• Archaeologists uncover 3700-year-old 'magical' birth brick in Egypt [07/28/2002]

[Jamestown1630]

Do you mean ‘Kilroy’?

[Berosus]

Am I correct in assuming this tomb is on the same site, where the tomb of Seneb-Kay, a previously unknown pharaoh, was discovered in 2014?

[ClearCase_guy]

Shelley could write a poem and call it “Untitled”.

[Ozymandias Ghost]

“Shelley could write a poem and call it “Untitled”.”
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😁 I see what you did there.

[Red Badger]

It was Idontknowtep..................

[Strict9]

let me just blow away some of this space dust. Oh, it’s Kong.

[ClearCase_guy]

I see what you did there.

Well, you would, eh?

[Ozymandias Ghost]

PBS and I get along famously here in the afterlife ...he gave me a lot more press coverage than that stone mason who charged me a friggin’ fortune! 😉

[chajin]

I was thinking Hunosetep, but yours works too

[MuttTheHoople]

I believe the Hyksos were the Pharoahs of the time of Joseph. They were semitic in origin, and were thankful for Joseph saving Egypt.

From what I heard, "a Pharoah arose who knew not Joseph" was when the Hyksos were overthrown and another dynasty began.

[Tom Tetroxide]

I think it was Bubba Ho-Tep!

[Adder]

Didn’t they check the toe tag or his underwear waist band to see if his mummy sewed his name in it?

[scrabblehack]

A bit too early for the Pharoah of the Exodus, no?

[rxh4n1]

“It’s Unk...Unk... There’s no name on the grave...

[Sirius Lee]

If not Tut then maybe King Jyrk.

[Ezekiel]

tomb of an unknown king

What happened to the guard?