Surface scans of KV62's west and north walls led Nicholas Reeves to a bold idea: the burial chamber was once part of a longer antechamber/corridor running deeper into the mountain 🏺 He counts four shallow features on the west wall — two possibly a doorway — and six on the north wall, four of which suggest the chamber once opened onto the entrance corridor. He thinks missing western storerooms lay beyond, leading to a second storeroom or another family burial chamber.
Reeves' 2015 theory: KV62 was a larger queen's tomb later sealed off for Tut
Site mentioned
📍 Tutankhamun's Tomb (KV62)
Key facts
- Reeves examined surface scans of the west and north walls of the burial chamber
- He identifies four shallow features on the western wall, two of which he interprets as the sides of a doorway
- On the north wall he counts six surface features, four of which he reads as evidence the burial chamber was originally part of the entrance corridor
- He attributes the missing western storerooms to the doorway leading to a second storeroom or additional family burial chamber
Sources
The Walls of KV62 and Nicholas Reeveshistorum.com
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