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Egypt pledges fast work amid search for Nefertiti’s tomb

Carvings are seen on a wall at the Horemheb tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015. Egypt's antiquities minister said King Tut's tomb may contain hidden chambers, lending support to a British Egyptologist's theory that a queen may be buried in the walls of the 3,300 year-old pharaonic mausoleum. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) Carvings are seen on a wall at the Horemheb tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015. Egypt's antiquities minister said King Tut's tomb may contain hidden chambers, lending support to a British Egyptologist's theory that a queen may be buried in the walls of the 3,300 year-old pharaonic mausoleum. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

By Associated Press October 1, 2015 1 min read

CAIRO (AP) – Egypt’s antiquities minister is promising authorities will move quickly to get the necessary radar equipment to search for Queen Nefertiti’s tomb amid a new theory that it could be in a hidden chamber behind King Tutankhamun’s tomb.

The theory, presented by British Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves, speculates that King Tut, who died at the age of 19, may have been rushed into an outer chamber of what was originally Nefertiti’s tomb.

The tomb is located in the Valley of the Kings near the ancient city of Luxor.

Minister Mamdouh el-Damaty says the radar equipment could be obtained and be at the site within three months.

He told reporters in Cairo on Thursday that plans are being finalized and that he believes the radar equipment “will confirm whether there’s something” there.