On March 17th 2016, Egyptian antiquities minister, Mamdouh el-Damaty, announced that radar scans of King Tutankhamun's tomb have revealed the existence of two unexplored chambers. The scans also revealed that there are objects made of both metal and organic material inside those hidden rooms. While el-Damaty did not elaborate on what exactly might be within the two chambers, he did say that it could be a member of King Tut's family.
The radar scans were taken in November 2015 by Hirokatsu Watanabe. The initial results suggested a 90% certainty that another chamber is behind the north wall of the tomb. The radar findings were reviewed by outside researchers that included Remy Hiramoto, Jason Herrmann, and British archeologist Nicholas Reeves. It is Reeves who believes that the hidden chamber contains the remains of King Tut's mother, Queen Nefertiti.
Queen Nefertiti was the wife of pharaoh Akhenaten, King Tut's father. Akhenaten's tomb is believed to have been found in the Valley of the Kings, while Queen Nefertiti's grave has never been found. Reeves also believes that King Tut's tomb was originally built for the queen but was used to house the young king's body, after he died suddenly at age 19. El-Damaty said, "This would be like having the discovery of Tutankhamun again. It could be the discovery of the century."
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