The mystery of the tomb of King Thutmose ll
The mystery of the tomb of King Thutmose ll
Thutmosis I Thutmose never called himself "son of the king" and is therefore believed to have been born into a non-royal family with a woman named Senseneb as his father whose exact father is unknown He appears on a tablet from the fourth year of Thutmose's reign hunting near Memphis and is said to have been "the great commander of his father's army" Before his death which coincided with Thutmose's 12th year a period of conflict with enemies and facing another military threat the Nubian rebellion he appears on a tablet from the fourth year of Thutmose's reign and is linked to Thutmose's name before Amenhotep's death.
Some photographs of the coffin and mummy found in DB320 were taken before Maspero unwrapped the mummy.
The secret of Amenhotep's alabaster bark created at Karnak links Amenhotep's name to Thutmose's before Amenhotep's death In the second year of Thutmose's reign the king carved a tablet in the tomb recording that he had built a fortification at the tomb near the Third Waterfall allowing the Egyptian army which had been halted at Buhen at the Second Waterfall to expand.
He appears in numerous bas-reliefs from the gates of Karnak dating back to the reign of Pharaoh Thutmose II both with his wife and alone The tomb was built under a waterfall which periodically flooded and damaged the tomb over the ages His mummy was moved to another location in ancient times and the final burial site remains controversial Thutmose II father of Neferure Hatshepsut and Thutmose III during the early part of his reign lived throughout that king's reign and into Hatshepsut's
Egyptian and British archaeologists have discovered the long-lost tomb of King Thutmose II (Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities).
Also in the Sinai Peninsula Thutmose II defended his territory against the Shasu Bedouin at the Battle of Amos-Pen-Nekbet There remains a paucity of evidence in the archaeological and biographical records for tombs from the New Kingdom. Pharaoh Thutmose II. The discovery of the fortress built by the Kushites to suppress a rebellion by the Taseti tribe of Kent-Hane-Nefer is considered one of the most significant archaeological discoveries in modern history.
The Mausoleum of King Thutmose II a hill on the west bank of the Nile in Thebes (Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of the Republic)
This massive complex of tombs and burials on a hillside on the west bank of the Nile in the Thebes area comprises the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Nile the royal tombs and other tombs belonging to officials and royalty such as the Tomb of Rind the Tomb of Hunefer and the Tomb of Sennefer with entrances in Thebes west of the Nile and Luxor First discovered in 1522 by a team of Egyptian and British scientists this historically significant tomb is said to mark the end of the search for the lost tombs of the kings of the 18th Dynasty of ancient Egypt The mummy of Pharaoh Thutmose II is currently on display at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization
