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Analysis by an international research team suggests a previously unknown, massive chamber may lie deep within the tomb of Tutankhamun — hailed as the greatest archaeological find of the 20th century. The leading theory is that it could be the tomb of Queen Nefertiti, Tutankhamun’s stepmother, and the findings were published as a paper in the September 17 issue of the British science journal Nature. On 5channel, some users questioned whether this really had appeared in Nature, while others confirmed the paper was real and that it was already causing a stir in archaeology circles. Some replies explained the backstory: Tutankhamun’s tomb sat in an inconspicuous spot in the Valley of the Kings, which spared it from looters, and it was later buried by a flood and forgotten for 3,000 years. Others simply wondered why, after so many decades of research, this was only coming to light now.
Published 9/17 (Thu) 20:59
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An international team’s survey has found that another massive royal tomb may be connected to the tomb of Egypt’s King Tutankhamun, regarded as the greatest discovery of the 20th century. The findings were also published today (the 17th) in the British science journal Nature.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
It's directly tied to the tourism industry, so they're deliberately releasing info bit by bit.
Isn't that Japanese phrasing a bit off?
Are you even Japanese…
If you're gonna say it, just say
'The greatest discovery of the century!'
That's because Japanese can't really express plurals.
In English-speaking cultures, they dislike making such a naive absolute claim, so they use the plural and phrase it as 'one of' them. But since Japanese has no plural form, it ends up reading like a contradiction.
The original text is:
'It could be one of the most important discoveries of this century.'
The Japanese word for 'most' implies the single top spot, so a lot of people picture just one thing. But the English 'most' isn't so much 'the single top' as it is 'the top-tier group.'
English words and Japanese words don't always map one-to-one, you know.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwpSwrwH5-k
TBS did a documentary on this a few years back.
Honestly, the narrator's voice sounded so old it was hard to make out what she was saying.
Tutankhamun's tomb was in a hard-to-find spot, which is why it mostly escaped looters — it's not a pyramid.
A king who only reigned a few years couldn't have had a tomb that huge built.
Yeah, it's a different thing. There's about a 1,000-year gap from the pyramids. By Tutankhamun's time, tombs were being dug into the Valley of the Kings in Luxor instead. Tutankhamun's tomb was actually looted shortly after it was built, but right after that a flood completely buried it, and it stayed forgotten for 3,000 years.
Professor Kawae's still around, isn't he
Wait, did he die? For a second I thought so, but he's still alive lol
But it's rough seeing how much he's changed.
This isn't just someone mixing it up with an old news story, right?
The paper is properly published in Nature, and Egyptology folks are buzzing about it on Twitter, so it's not fake.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02621-2
Realistically though, if they ever actually found something, wouldn't Cleopatra's tomb be the biggest deal?
Ramesses II
Cleopatra was on the losing side and took her own life — I wonder if she even has a proper tomb?
Lmaooo
Not exactly right, but not far off either
That's some overflowing talent right there
Is this an industry only incompetent people work in?
Donations aren't coming in
It's a precious cultural asset and a major tourism resource, so I doubt they can just casually knock down a wall.
It's cursed. Or maybe that's exactly the kind of trap it is.
Could be. It's a cash cow for tourism, so no wonder they're being cautious.
I don't think money's even the main issue.
Yeah, it really was an astonishing civilization.
There's something fundamentally different about it, almost otherworldly.
By Nefertiti's time, Sumer had already collapsed and Babylon was in decline too. It was a world 1,000 years after Sumer and 500 years after Babylon — an era when the mighty Hittites and Egypt were going head-to-head for real. Even Egypt didn't have ironworking technology back then; the Hittites held a monopoly on it.
Background and Key Points
This announcement appears to lend fresh support to a hypothesis first proposed in 2015 by British Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves: that Nefertiti’s tomb lies hidden behind the walls of Tutankhamun’s burial chamber. Radar scans at the time also pointed to the presence of a hidden space, but subsequent surveys produced negative results too, and the debate over whether the theory is true has dragged on for years. In the thread, when users asked why new findings would only surface now despite decades of research, some pointed to the deliberate pacing of disclosures given the site’s role as a tourism resource, and to the caution involved in deciding whether to break through a wall. Worth noting to avoid confusion: Tutankhamun’s tomb itself is separate from the pyramids both in era and location — it was built in the Valley of the Kings.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5channel (Breaking News Plus) thread “[Egypt] Could Another Massive Royal Tomb Lie Deep Within Tutankhamun’s Tomb? Possibly Stepmother Nefertiti’s”.
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