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First Royal Tomb Since Tutankhamun’s Discovered In Egypt – And It Belongs To Thutmose II
IFL Science ^ | February 19, 2025 | Benjamin Taub

Posted on 02/19/2025 11:41:46 AM PST by Red Badger

Thutmose was the husband of Hatshepsut, the most powerful female pharaoh.

The Pharaoh's body was moved to the Valley of the Kings after being stolen by tomb raiders.

Image credit: AlexAnton/Shutterstock.com

The tomb of King Thutmose II has finally been discovered in Egypt, more than a hundred years after the Pharaoh’s mummified body was found elsewhere. The last of the lost tombs belonging to the kings of the 18th Dynasty, Thutmose II’s burial site is also the first royal tomb to be found in Egypt since Howard Carter unearthed Tutankhamun in 1922.

Ruling from roughly 1550 BCE to 1292 BCE, ancient Egypt’s 18th Dynasty was marked by military success, imperial expansion, and the construction of glorious monuments. Among the most celebrated pharaohs from the period are Thutmose I and Thutmose III, both of whom were renowned warrior kings.

Sandwiched between these two great leaders was the relatively obscure Thutmose II, who is thought to have reigned for just five years before his death at the age of 30-ish in 1479 BCE. Little is known about his royal achievements, although his tomb-less body was found in the 19th century at the mortuary temple of Deir el-Bahari.

It’s thought that the King’s mummy was moved to the site after being removed from its original resting place by grave robbers, leaving archaeologists with few clues as to the location of the tomb – until now.

In a statement announcing the discovery, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities explained that Thutmose II's tomb was found in the Mount of Thebes area, a few kilometers west of Luxor and the Valley of the Kings. The entrance to the tomb was actually located three years ago, yet archaeologists originally thought that it belonged to a royal wife, as it was so close to the burial sites of some of Thutmose III’s spouses.

However, after unearthing alabaster vessels bearing inscriptions with Thutmose II’s name on them – along with the label of “deceased king” – researchers realized that a relic previously known as tomb C4 was in fact the Pharaoh’s eternal container. Unfortunately, the tomb was extensively damaged by an ancient flood and many of the grave goods appear to have been removed at the time of the deluge, yet sections of the funerary book of Imydwat were identified on pieces of mortar within the tomb.

Recounting the journey of the sun god Ra through the 12 levels of the underworld, this text is found in most of the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings, and was intended to assist the expired pharaohs in the afterlife.

In his living days, Thutmose II did make one significant contribution to ancient Egyptian history by marrying his half-sister Hatshepsut. This union enabled her to become the greatest female pharaoh of all time after her husband’s death, only for her name to be erased from the records by her stepson Thutmose III, who she kept from the throne for several decades.

Dr Mohamed Ismail Khaled, Secretary-General of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, explained that Hatshepsut’s name was also found on Thutmose II’s tomb, and suggests that she may even have performed his burial rites.

The mummy of Thutmose II is currently housed in the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, while Hatshepsut was buried in the Valley of the Kings.


TOPICS: History; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: 18thdynasty; catastrophism; egypt; godsgravesglyphs; hatshepsut; queenofsheba; royalwife; solomon; thutmoseii; thutmoseiii
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1 posted on 02/19/2025 11:41:46 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: SunkenCiv

Walk like an Egyptian................


2 posted on 02/19/2025 11:42:11 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger
First Royal Tomb Since Tutankhamun’s Discovered In Egypt – And It Belongs To Thutmose II...

...who was actually a titmouse...

3 posted on 02/19/2025 11:45:35 AM PST by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: 75thOVI; Abathar; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AnalogReigns; AndrewC; aragorn; ...
One of *those* topics.



4 posted on 02/19/2025 11:48:10 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: Red Badger

The first black widow?

“ and suggests that she may even have performed his burial rites”


5 posted on 02/19/2025 11:49:16 AM PST by Pikachu_Dad
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
Thanks Red Badger, nice twofer!
[snip] The entrance to the tomb was actually located three years ago... after unearthing alabaster vessels bearing inscriptions with Thutmose II's name on them – along with the label of "deceased king" – researchers realized that a relic previously known as tomb C4 was in fact the Pharaoh's eternal container. Unfortunately, the tomb was extensively damaged by an ancient flood and many of the grave goods appear to have been removed at the time of the deluge, yet sections of the funerary book of Imydwat were identified on pieces of mortar within the tomb. [/snip]

6 posted on 02/19/2025 11:50:39 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: Red Badger
I want my condo made a stona...


7 posted on 02/19/2025 11:51:54 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Red Badger

Dang!
I’ve spent many a sleepless night, over my 91.3 years, wondering what happened to good old Thutmose...


8 posted on 02/19/2025 12:00:57 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is rabble-rising Sam Adams now that we need him? Is his name Trump, now?)
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To: Red Badger

TTIUWP’s


9 posted on 02/19/2025 12:05:03 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: Red Badger

Just when you Thutmose of the Pharaoh stuff was already found.


10 posted on 02/19/2025 12:05:42 PM PST by HYPOCRACY (Long live The Great MAGA Kangz!)
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To: Vendome

Thutmose II

11 posted on 02/19/2025 12:07:05 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

SNL at 50 doesn’t have the guts to do Steve Martin’s King Tut skit again from ‘78. It’s comedy gold.


12 posted on 02/19/2025 12:07:45 PM PST by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: HYPOCRACY

LOL!


13 posted on 02/19/2025 12:13:23 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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14 posted on 02/19/2025 12:18:15 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: Red Badger

I think this finding is of the Thutmose importance


15 posted on 02/19/2025 12:28:23 PM PST by suasponte137
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To: SuperLuminal

Lol! You can now rest easy whew.


16 posted on 02/19/2025 12:29:40 PM PST by kelly4c
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To: Red Badger

This was probably the pharoah with whom Moses had dealings. If they’d tell the truth, it would probably come out.


17 posted on 02/19/2025 12:33:28 PM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: Red Badger

Hawt!

I think I’m in love

In her condition she can’t get away from me either...


18 posted on 02/19/2025 12:35:33 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: Red Badger
He seems nice...

The time period in which he reigned (ruling from roughly 1485 BC to 1479 BC) would seem to make him at least a possible candidate for the pharoah who clashed with Moses. Most scholars date the Exodus from about 1400 to 1200 BC.

19 posted on 02/19/2025 12:41:30 PM PST by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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To: Vendome

That’s Thutmose II and, unless he reassigned his gender (as if that were possible), Thutmose was a he.


20 posted on 02/19/2025 12:43:45 PM PST by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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