Egypt: New analysis shows there are no hidden rooms in King Tut’s tomb after all

CAIRO — New radar scans have provided conclusive evidence that there are no hidden rooms inside King Tut- ankhamun’s burial chamber, Egypt’s antiquities ministry said Sunday, bringing a disappointing end to years of excitement over the prospect.

Mostafa Waziri, Secre- tary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said an Italian team conducted e xtensive studies with ground-penetrating radar that showed the tomb did not contain any hidden, mantancing themselves and ultimade blocking walls, as was mately rejecting it. earlier suspected. Francesco The ministry says two Porcelli of the Polytechnic previous scans by Japanese University of Turin presented and American scientists had the findings at an interna- proved inconclusive, but tional conference in Cairo. insists this latest ground-pen

In 2015, British Egyptol- etrating radar data closes the ogist Nicholas Reeves prolid on the tomb having such posed, after analysis of hidden secrets. high-definition laser scans, “It is concluded, with a that Queen Nefertiti’s tomb very high degree of conficould be concealed behind dence, said Porcelli, “the wall paintings in the famed hypothesis concerning the boy king’s burial chamber. existence of hidden chamThe discovery ignited mas- bers or corridors adjacent to sive interest, with officials Tutankhamun’s tomb is not first rushing to support the supported by the GPR data,” theory but then later dis- it said in its statement.