Hidden chambers discovered in King Tutankhamun’s Tomb by new penetrating radar scans

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3496559/Scans-reveal-90-chance-hidden-chambers-Tutankhamun-s-tomb-Experts-believe-Queen-Nefertiti-s-remains-secretly-placed-alongside-young-king.html

Signs Point to Queen Nefertiti?

Almost anything that comes to light behind the walls will force specialists to envision the age of Tut with new eyes. “It makes us re-look at everything,” said Kara Cooney, an Egyptologist at UCLA who has done extensive research on the 18th Dynasty, Tut’s period. She noted that one of the most explosive aspects of Reeves's theory is the idea that Nefertiti, who most people believe was Tut's stepmother, may be buried behind the north wall of the tomb.

As of yet there is no hard evidence for this theory, but a number of prominent Egyptologists have agreed with Reeves's suggestion that the famous funerary mask of Tutankhamun was originally fashioned for Nefertiti. And there are signs that many of Tut's grave goods were originally made for somebody else.

Cooney says that nowadays when she looks at statues of Tutankhamun, she's not sure if she's seeing his face or Nefertiti's—part of the disorientation that is happening as experts confront new possibilities regarding the 18th Dynasty. “You’re looking at the coffin, at the tomb, at the statues," she said. "Everything about this period has to be reevaluated.”

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/03/160317-king-tut-tomb-hidden-chambers-radar-egypt-archaeology/

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1. Carson

said that is where the chaff is stored.