Unlike dozens of early pharaohs who were buried in or around pyramids or later pharaohs who were interred at the Valley of the Kings, Thutmose II's tomb is on its own, more than 1.2 miles (2 ...

Little is known about Thutmose II, who reigned as pharaoh from about 1493 B.C. until about 1479—more than 100 years before Tutankhamun lived, but part of the same 18th Dynasty of Egyptian kings.

Ultimately, Thutmose II’s reign remains shrouded in mystery due to the lack of available records. The search for his tomb – from Western Valley, through the Valley of the Kings, all the way to ...

Egypt discovers first royal tomb in over a century 00:35. Egyptian officials announced Tuesday the discovery of the tomb of King Thutmose II, the last of the lost tombs of the kings of ancient ...

The tomb of Pharaoh Thutmose II has been discovered west of the Valley of the Kings, marking the first such find in a century. While the burial chamber is mostly empty due to post-burial flooding ...

The ministry of antiquities said the discovery of the tomb of Thutmose II, whose wife, Hatshepsut, took the throne after his death, was the first excavation of a royal tomb near the Valley of the ...

Egyptian and British archaeologists have discovered the long-lost tomb of King Thutmose II near the West Bank of the Nile River in Egypt. It's the first such royal tomb discovery since 1922.

Archaeologists in Egypt have found the tomb of King Thutmose II — the first discovery of an ancient royal tomb since King Tutankhamun's in ... west of Luxor and the renowned Valley of the Kings.

Compared to his royal relatives, King Thutmose II doesn’t get much attention. Depending on the documentation, the monarch only ruled over ancient Egypt for 13 years (1493-1479 BCE) at most, and ...

An ancestor of Tutankhamun, whose tomb was found in 1922, Thutmose II died 3,500 years ago and was thought to be buried at the other end of the mountain near the Valley of the Kings.