VIDEO: Closing in on KV64

The last royal tomb discovered in the Valley of the Kings is KV62, the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamen found in 1922 by Howard Carter. Since then, only one more tomb (KV63) has been discovered, in 2005 by Dr. Otto Schaden. Believed at first to be a royal tomb, it is now regarded as a storage chamber for mummification.

This is not the end of the quest. Dr. Zahi Hawass reminds us that the tombs of Ramses VIII and Thutmose II, along with the tombs of Queen Tiye and Nefertiti, are yet to be found.

If Dr. Hawass succeeds in finding the elusive KV64, it will be the first time an Egyptian archaeological team finds the tomb of a pharaoh, and a royal conclusion to his post as Chief of the Supreme Council of Antiquities next year.

To learn more about KV64, click here.

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