Egypt's antiquities authority says it has found the ancient tomb of King Thutmose II, the first royal burial to be located since Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922.

Archaeologists in Egypt have just uncovered the tomb of an ancient pharaoh for the first time since the discovery of King Tut's burial in 1922. Very near the 100th anniversary of that historic find in 2022,

An Egyptian-British team has found the tomb of an ancient pharaoh near the Valley of the Kings. This discovery marks the first pharaoh’s tomb found since 1922, when King Tutankhamun’s tomb was uncovered, reported The Washington Post. The tomb belongs to King Thutmose II, who ruled nearly 3,500 years ago.

Discovered in 2022, the site is some 1.2 miles away from the Valley of the Kings, where tombs for Thutmose I and III and Hatshepsut were planned. Women of the royal family had been found there, so the initial theory was that this newly found tomb belonged to one of Thutmose’s lesser wives.

CAIRO: Egypt's antiquities authority has announced the discovery of the ancient tomb of King Thutmose II—the first royal burial site uncovered since the famous unearthing of Tutankhamun's

This is the first time archaeologists found a royal tomb since the discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922.

The first royal tomb discovered in over a century is shedding new light on the pharaoh who ruled before Hatshepsut.

A joint Egyptian-British mission has identified the tomb of King Thutmose II near Luxor. It marks the first royal tomb discovery in over a century. Despite initial damage from flooding, artifacts linked to the king and Queen Hatshepsut were found,

A joint Egyptian-British archaeological team has uncovered the long-lost tomb of King Thutmose II, the last missing royal tomb of the 18th Dynasty.

In the shadow of Luxor’s sun-baked cliffs, where the Nile’s ancient whispers still echo, archaeologists have cracked open a tomb hidden for 3,500 years. Hidden beneath rubble and flood-swept silt, the long-lost tomb of King Thutmose II—a lesser-known pharaoh overshadowed by his legendary family—has finally been found.