What Egyptian tombs are still lost?

Although the efforts of Belzoni, Loret, Davis, Carter and others helped reveal the tombs of most of the New Kingdom pharaohs, several remain unaccounted for – including those of Ahmose I, Amenhotep I, Tuthmose II and Ramesses VIII.



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Here are 30 of the most famous lost tombs and burials.
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  • Nefertiti.


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Contrary to common belief, most sites in ancient Egypt have not yet been discovered. In fact, less than one percent have been excavated.

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The spread of Christianity throughout the empire in the 4th century, and the transformation of Egypt's capital Alexandria into a major Christian center, decisively ended the tradition, due to the new religion being incompatible with the traditional implications of being pharaoh.

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Nefertiti was the principal wife of Akhenaten and stepmother of Tutankhamun. Her burial tomb has never been found and archeologists across the world, who are interested in ancient Egyptian civilization, have long been interested in finding it.

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The unearthing of King Tut's tomb on Nov. 4, 1922 is considered one of the greatest finds in modern history. But archaeologists remained convinced that more remained undiscovered.

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They were nearly intact. A century later, the discovery of King Tut's tomb, which contained more than 5,000 priceless artifacts, remains the greatest archeological find of all time.

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Egypt's Tourism Ministry announced on Saturday the discovery of a royal tomb in the West Bank of Luxor, where many ancient Egyptian royal tombs are found. The tomb was discovered by a joint Egyptian-British team conducting an excavation mission in the Valley of the Kings and Queens in the West Bank in southern Egypt.

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Archaeologists have discovered a mummy wrapped in gold—here's what it tells us about ancient Egyptian beliefs. In January 2023, a group of archaeologists excavating tombs in the ancient necropolis of Saqqara, near Cairo, discovered the mummified remains of a man named Hekashepes, who lived circa 2300BC.

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