--- title: New Chamber in King Tut's Tomb May Soon Be Discovered description: The new region of tomb could hold the remains of Queen Nefertiti canonical: https://time.com/4128511/king-tut-hidden-chamber-egypt-nefertiti/ author: Victor Luckerson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-28T19:40:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T12:56:30.178Z article:section: Science og:title: Experts 90% Sure There's a Hidden Chamber in King Tut's Tomb og:description: The new region of tomb could hold the remains of Queen Nefertiti og:url: https://time.com/4128511/king-tut-hidden-chamber-egypt-nefertiti/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f8dd0961d18bafc/698872f7f887dc3df0e93803/tutankhamun-tomb.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: EGYPT-ARCHAEOLOGY-TUTANKHAMUN-NEFERTITI og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Experts 90% Sure There's a Hidden Chamber in King Tut's Tomb twitter:description: The new region of tomb could hold the remains of Queen Nefertiti twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f8dd0961d18bafc/698872f7f887dc3df0e93803/tutankhamun-tomb.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Experts 90% Sure There Is Hidden Chamber in King Tut's Tomb by [Victor Luckerson](https://time.com/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Nov 28, 2015 7:40 PM UTC  The sarcophagus of King Tutankhamun displayed in his burial chamber in the Valley of the Kings, close to Luxor, Egypt on Nov. 28, 2015. The sarcophagus of King Tutankhamun displayed in his burial chamber in the Valley of the Kings, close to Luxor, Egypt on Nov. 28, 2015.Khaled Desouki—AFP/Getty Images by [Victor Luckerson](https://time.com/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Nov 28, 2015 7:40 PM UTC Researchers in Egypt believe they are on the verge of uncovering a [hidden chamber](http://news.yahoo.com/scans-king-tut-tomb-suggest-90-chance-hidden-101949181.html) in the tomb of King Tutankhamun, also known as King Tut. A new exploration of the 3,300-year-old tomb using infrared and radar technology has revealed portions of a wall of a different temperature than other parts, indicating that it may lead to a sealed-off chamber, AFP reports. Experts are now 90% sure of the hidden chamber’s existence, Egypt’s antiquities minister said Saturday. There are multiple theories for what could be found in the chamber. Some experts believe it may hold the long-sought mummy of Queen Nefertiti, who was the wife of King Tut’s father Akhenaten. Others believe it could the resting place of Kiya, another of Akhenaten’s wives. Scans of the tomb are being sent to archeological experts in Japan for a process that is expected to take about a month. \[[AFP](http://news.yahoo.com/scans-king-tut-tomb-suggest-90-chance-hidden-101949181.html)\] New Chamber in King Tut's Tomb May Soon Be Discovered ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4128511/king-tut-hidden-chamber-egypt-nefertiti/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4128511/king-tut-hidden-chamber-egypt-nefertiti/"},"headline":"Experts 90% Sure There Is Hidden Chamber in King Tut's Tomb","datePublished":"2015-11-28T19:40:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:56:30.178Z","description":"The new region of tomb could hold the remains of Queen Nefertiti","url":"https://time.com/4128511/king-tut-hidden-chamber-egypt-nefertiti/","keywords":["History","Egypt"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f8dd0961d18bafc/698872f7f887dc3df0e93803/tutankhamun-tomb.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Victor Luckerson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/victor-luckerson/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f8dd0961d18bafc/698872f7f887dc3df0e93803/tutankhamun-tomb.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"EGYPT-ARCHAEOLOGY-TUTANKHAMUN-NEFERTITI","caption":"EGYPT-ARCHAEOLOGY-TUTANKHAMUN-NEFERTITI","creditText":"Khaled Desouki—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4128511/king-tut-hidden-chamber-egypt-nefertiti/","name":"Experts 90% Sure There Is Hidden Chamber in King Tut's Tomb"}}]}] ```