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‘Hidden chamber’ in King Tut’s tomb to be cracked open revealing 3,300-year-old secrets

The secrets of King Tutanhkamun's burial tomb will be laid bare by March, scientists claim

THE secrets of King Tutanhkamun's infamous tomb will be laid bare as scientists resume the hunt for a fabled hidden chamber this month.

Italian researchers will begin a fresh investigation into the boy king's resting place with the hope they will find the "discovery of the century" before March.

Tutankhamun is believed to have died before his burial chamber was built and buried in a rush
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Tutankhamun is believed to have died before his burial chamber was built and buried in a rushCredit: Getty Images

"Who knows what we might find as we scan the ground," Franco Porcelli, the project’s director told .

"It will be a rigorous scientific work and will last several days, if not weeks," he added.

The tomb was first discovered by British archaeologist Howard Carter in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings in November 1922.

The golden sarcophagus of King Tutankhamun in his burial chamber is seen in the Valley of the Kings, in Luxor, Egypt, November 28, 2015
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The golden sarcophagus of King Tutankhamun in his burial chamber is seen in the Valley of the Kings, in Luxor, Egypt, November 28, 2015Credit: Reuters
The expedition is part of a wider mapping project to capture the burial tombs in Luxor, Egypt
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The expedition is part of a wider mapping project to capture the burial tombs in Luxor, EgyptCredit: Theban mapping project
The researchers said the finding provided insight into the Egyptian’s use of the term 'iron of the sky'
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The researchers said the finding provided insight into the Egyptian’s use of the term 'iron of the sky'Credit: AFP/Getty

Carter’s patron Lord Carnarvon died weeks after the tomb was opened, fuelling supernatural rumours.

Carnarvon, who funded Carter’s expeditions, was believed to be the victim of a curse inscribed on the Pharoah's tomb which claimed anyone who disturbed it would be "visited by wings of death".

The Brit was likely killed by an infected mosquito bite and no such inscription was ever found.

But some believe the burial site contains a secret room and the final resting place of the boy king's step-mother Queen Nefertiti.

Porcelli, a professor of physics at the Polytechnic University in Turin said that his team's mission will be the "final investigation" which will "provide an answer which is 99 percent definitive".

The team will use a bevy of high tech radar systems to detect the underground architecture and spot any anomalies in between the tomb walls.

Howard Carter first cracked open Tut's tomb in 1922
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Howard Carter first cracked open Tut's tomb in 1922
Entrance to the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings, Luxor
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Entrance to the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings, LuxorCredit: Alamy

The hunt is part of a larger study to map the ancient resting place of the Egyptian Pharaohs.

It is the third time researchers have entered the 3,300 year old tomb in the past two years.

Doubts have been cast over the existence of the missing chamber.

Nicholas Reeves, a British Egyptologist at the University of Arizona first claimed to have spotted a secret room back in 2015.

Radar scans appeared to back up his theory, and were welcomed by Mamdouh Eldamaty, Egypt's former minister of antiquity.

The bombshell news was met with concern, with the National Geographical Society failing to replicate similar results.

The current Antiquities minister Khaled El-Enany later reassured that no invasive exploration would take place inside the tomb.

Scientists recently opened ancient Egyptian tomb after 3,600 years and were shocked to discover entire families intact, next to goats and the skeleton of a massive crocodile.

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