The tomb of Thutmose I and Hatshepsut is one of the most undecorated tombs in the valley of the Kings. The tomb was built by pharaoh Hatshepsut, who was the 5th pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, directly behind her impressive temple at Deir el Bahri. It is thought that the aim of this was that her body would then lie underneath her temple. However the tomb curves, never reaching the temple probably due to unsuitable rock. The only decoration in the tomb can be found in the burial chamber, consisting of fifteen limestone blocks which were inscribed with texts from the Amduat.
Thutmose I, who was the 3rd pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, was also buried in the tomb KV20, however his mummy was later moved by Thutmose III into his own tomb, KV38.
It is thought that Hatshepsut as well was was moved - to KV60, the tomb of her wetnurse - by Thutmose III.
In 1903, Howard Carter discovered the ancient tomb known as KV60. The tomb is located in the southeast branch off the valley in the eastern cliffs of the Valley of the Kings. It is a small, uninscribed and undecorated tomb, consisting of an entryway stairway, a corridor with recesses and a side chamber, and a roughly cut burial chamber.
Two female mummies where found here, thought to be Queen Hatshepsut (relocated here by Thutmoses III) and her wetnurse. One of the females was found with her left arm bent at the elbow across the chest and with the left hand clenched, while the right arm held straight at its side. This burial position may indicate that she was a queen, or at least a member of the royal family during the 18th dynasty.
This Wednesday the long awaited results of the DNA research on King Tut's mummy - and some of his possible family members - will be announced at a press conference with Egyptian Minister of Culture, Farouk Hosni and Dr. Zahi Hawass. They will announce new discoveries surrounding the family of Tutankhamun and the cause of the young king's death.
The study on the family of Tutankhamun (keep an eye on all things Tut on our dedicated page) was conducted through the Egyptian Mummy Project (EMP) headed by Dr. Zahi Hawass, and a team composed of Egyptian scientists from the National Research Center, members from the Faculty of Medicine at Cairo University, and two German DNA specialists.
Medinet Habu is a major archaeological site situated at the foot of the Theban Hills across the River Nile from the modern city of Luxor (ancient Thebes). It's become synonymous with the massive Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III, although it does also feature a number of other important ruins.
The 150 metre-long Mortaury Temple of Ramesses III - which is well preserved, and surrounded by a large mudbrick enclosure - features some 7,000 square metres of decorated wall space. Best known and most important among the inscribed reliefs are those depicting the advent and defeat of the Sea Peoples during the reign of Ramesses III.
Another, much smaller, major structure at Medinet Habu is the Temple of Amun, built by the successive pharaohs Hatshepsut and Thutmose III. It's situated just to the left of the entrance of the mortuary temple, and has been modified multiple times over the centuries right up until the Greco-Roman period.
To the north of the mortuary temple are the badly-preserved remains of the Temple of Ay and Horemheb - the final two pharaohs of the 18th Dynasty. Evidence suggests that King Tut - to whom Ay served as royal vizier - began to have a mortuary temple for himself built at Medinet Habu - two large statues of the boy king have been found there.
George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, the 5th Earl of Carnarvon, was born at Highclere Castle near Newbury, England, on the 26 June 1866. He was the heir to the lucrative Carnarvon title and fortune - yet he used it to finance a life of daredevil sport, travel and exploration, which led eventually to his discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun alongside legendary archaeologist Howard Carter in 1922.
Educated at the prestigious Eton College and Cambridge University, Carnarvon took on his title in 1890. His ancestory, and indeed that of his great-grandson the 8th Earl of Carnarvon, can be traced back to King Edward III and Henry VIII. Yet his life of adventure had begun three years before, when in 1887 he developed a passion for sailing that took him across the Atlantic to Buenos Aires. This was no small undertaking at the time; and certainly not in the mould of the traditional British peer.
The first day of the 'Achievements and Problems of Modern Egyptology' conference was full of new discoveries, though it started on a typically soggy Moscow day. After participants arrived at the Presidium of Russian Academy of Sciences on comfortable buses, they went in and received a slightly altered conference program - containing lecture lists and 'Return to Egypt'; a book about the history of Russian Egyptology. The conference started with an opening speech by vise-president of Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander D. Nekipelov, dedicated to the history, development and achievements of Russian archaeology in Egypt, from the research of Vladimir Golenischev to today.
This Wednesday the long awaited results of the DNA research on King Tut's mummy - and some of his possible family members - will be announced at a press conference with Egyptian Minister of Culture, Farouk Hosni and Dr. Zahi Hawass. They will announce new discoveries surrounding the family of Tutankhamun and the cause of the young king's death. 
