The tomb of King Thutmose II has been named one of 2025’s top 10 archaeological discoveries worldwide, according to the American magazine “Archaeology”. It is the first royal tomb to be found from the 18th Dynasty since the discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922. The Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Mohamed Ismail Khaled, said that this selection is further confirmation of the exceptional value of Egyptian archaeological discoveries and Egypt’s leading archaeological position. A grand discoveryThe tomb of King Thutmose II was discovered by a joint Egyptian-British archaeological mission from the Supreme Council of Antiquities and the New Kingdom Research Foundation during excavations and archaeological studies in the Theban Mountains, west of Luxor. However, with the completion of the excavations, the mission uncovered new and decisive archaeological evidence that identified the tomb’s owner as none other King Thutmose II himself.

Source: Egypt Independent December 21, 2025 16:26 UTC