--- description: Egyptian officials said on Thursday that the tomb of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamen may also hold the remains of his stepmother Nefertiti title: King Tut's Tomb May Hold Nefertiti's Remains as Well image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc1b3f4f4da0256a7/698866a3f887dcb7e4e92af1/ap293850869961.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Egypt](/tag/egypt/) ## Egypt Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Archaeologists Suspect King Tut's Tomb May Hold Nefertiti's Remains as Well by [Nash Jenkins](/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 2, 2015 5:57 AM CUT  Nicholas Reeves, a British Egyptologist affiliated to the Egyptian expedition at the University of Arizona, right, speaks during a press conference with Egypt's Antiquities Minister Mamduh al-Damati, center, in Cairo, Oct. 1, 2015. Nicholas Reeves, a British Egyptologist affiliated to the Egyptian expedition at the University of Arizona, right, speaks during a press conference with Egypt's Antiquities Minister Mamduh al-Damati, center, in Cairo, Oct. 1, 2015.Nariman El-Mofty—AP by [Nash Jenkins](/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 2, 2015 5:57 AM CUT Egyptian officials said Thursday that the tomb of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamen may also [hold](http://news.yahoo.com/egypt-hopes-king-tuts-tomb-could-conceal-queen-154249508.html "undefined") the remains of his legendary stepmother Queen Nefertiti, whose final resting place has long eluded researchers and archaeologists. If the suspicion, fostered by British Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves, who is currently in Cairo, is correct, it will be the “most important discovery of the 21st century,” Egyptian Antiquities Minister Mamduh al-Damati told reporters, Agence France-Presse reports. Reeves has postulated that covered lines on the decorated walls of King Tut’s burial chamber — first discovered nearly a century ago — could in fact be two hidden doors, one of which might lead to Nefertiti’s crypt. “This is a conclusion based upon completely new evidence yielded by a technology to which previous generations had no access — the digital scanning of surfaces,” Reeves said at a news conference, [_USA Today_ reported](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/10/01/egypt-queen-nefertiti-king-tutankhamen/73153332/ "undefined"). “More extraordinary still, it looks as if one of these doorways may lead to the burial of Nefertiti herself.” Al-Damati — who said he is “70% certain” that an investigation will prove successful — is working to gain permission to use advanced radar technology to survey the tomb in November. 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