Radar Search For Queen Nefertiti's Tomb Approved By Egypt

Is Queen Nefertiti's crypt hidden behind King Tutankhamen's tomb? The Egyptian Antiquities Ministry has approved the use of a "non-invasive radar" that can find out that fact, according to Yahoo News.

Being situated in the Valley of the Kings, the tomb is approximately 3,300 years old.

The hunt for Queen Nefertiti's tomb started when Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves sparked off the idea, according to Daily Mail..

He explained that when Tutankhamen died at 19, he was rushed into the outer chamber of the tomb of Nefertiti, which led to his burial, so that her tomb could be camouflaged.

Tutankhamen's tomb was the "most intact tomb" that had ever been discovered in Egypt. Clues within the tomb show that it had intended to store the remains of a queen.

So today, in a month, there will be a security clearance to obtain the radar, which is Japanese and will be operated by an expert who will retrieve it from Japan to see that the tomb is examined completely.

"It's not going to cause any damage to the monument," said Mouchira Moussa, a media consultant to the Antiquities Minister Mamdouh el-Damaty, according to hngn.