ARCHÆOLOGY

The intrepid PAUL DEVEREUX descends into the mummy’s tomb and unearths a Polish vampire

MUMMY’S SECRET DOOR Research by Nicholas Reeves, a highly respected archæologist and former curator in the British Museum’s Department of Egyptian Antiquities, appears to show that Tutankhamun may have been entombed adjoining the hitherto secret tomb of his stepmother, the legendary beauty Queen Nefertiti. The research centres around circumstances too complex to squeeze into this brief space here, but, very basically, Tutankhamun was buried by his pharaonic successor, Ay, who had been advisor to the ‘boy king’ (who ruled from the ages of 15 to 19). It has been noted that Tut’s tomb was somewhat small and cramped for a king, and now that can be explained if the new research proves correct: it may well be just the outer part of Nefertiti’s currently hidden and more expansive queenly tomb.…

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