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Ankhesenamun

18 January 2018
Archaeology

At www.livescience.com/61441-search-for-king-tut-wife.html … Zahi Hassan announced (January 16th 2018) that excavations in the Valley of the Kings where the tomb of Tutankhamun's wife may be located is about to commence. The excavation is near the tomb of Ay, the short term successor of Tutankhamun. Radar images seem to show a tomb entrance way 16 feet below the surface. Ankhesenamun as later married to Ay – sealing his right to the throne. He was quickly replaced by the general Horemhab.

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