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| Lost chamber in King Tut’s tomb to be OPENED revealing secret hidden for 3,300 yearsKING Tut’s tomb will be probed by scientists in bid to find a mysterious treasure-packed lost chamber that could be the “discovery of the century”.By Henry Holloway / Published 12th February 2017Egypt’s Valley of the Kings will welcome a team of archeologists who are plan to restart the search for the lost chamber of King Tutankhamun.State-of-the-art radar systems will be used scan the depths of the ancient Egyptian king’s 3,300-year-old resting place to find and open the legendary secret room.King Tut’s tomb was first opened in 1923 by a team led by British adventurer Howard Carter – who were later struck by the “curse” of Tutankhamen.The curse is said to have struck the first people to have the tomb with bizarre visions and untimely mysterious deaths. KING TUT: Tutankhamun's secret chamber in his tomb is set to opened by scientists Hidden treasure: could you be sitting on a FORTUNE?Tuesday, 10th January 2017Amateur metal detectorists have been unearthing hoards of treasure on these shores for years. Could you be sitting on top of a fortune?  This hoard of 126 rare Roman coins was found in Didcot in 1995 by an amateur metal detectorist. - Quote :
- “Who knows what we might find as we scan the ground?”
Franco Porcelli The Polytechnic University Turin, Italy, will be leading the new expedition and will become the third team in the past two years to search for the lost chamber.King Tut’s tomb’s secret room is believed to have the remains of his mother Queen Nefertiti and troves of undiscovered treasure.Mamdouh Eldamaty, Egypt's former antiquities minister, said there is a “90%” chance the tomb has hidden chambers – and finding them would be the “discovery of the century”.Meanwhile, historians is Israel last week announced they are launching a new hunt for the Biblical relic the Ark of the Covenant. HOWARD CARTER: Tutankhamun's tomb was first opened by the British explorer QUEEN NEFERTITI: King Tut’s tomb’s is believed to house the remains of his mum“Who knows what we might find as we scan the ground,” Franco Porcelli, the project’s director told Seeker.He added: "“it will be a rigorous scientific work and will last several days, if not weeks.”Porcelli hopes his team’s bid will be the “final investigation” which will ‘"provide an answer which is 99 percent definitive”. Incredible underwater citiesThursday, 14th January 2016The idea that an entire city could just vanish beneath the waves is a terrifying thought – and while these lost underwater cities aren’t the mythical Atlantis, that’s exactly what happened to them.1 / 15  The city hidden 130 feet underwater, was once Shi Cheng in ChinaEgyptologist Nicholas Reeves said: “It seems we are now faced not merely with the prospect of a new, Tutankhamun-era storeroom to the west; to the north appears to be signalled a continuation of the tomb."Within these uncharted depths an earlier royal interment – that of Nefertiti herself, celebrated consort, co-regent, and eventual successor of pharaoh Akhenaten.”Last year archeologists revealed they had discovered King Tut’s dagger was made of material “from space” . |
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