The tomb of an Egyptian pharaoh who lived about 3,500 years ago has been discovered.

Around 1200 B.C., a mural in an Egyptian tomb shows an ox harnessed to a plow cultivating a field. /Courtesy of Joseon DB

The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities announced on the 19th (local time) the discovery of the tomb of Pharaoh Thutmose II of the 18th dynasty.

Agence France-Presse reported that this is the first pharaoh tomb discovered since the tomb of Tutankhamun was excavated in 1922.

Thutmose II is the great-great-grandfather of the most famous pharaoh, Tutankhamun. Queen Hatshepsut is his half-sister and wife.

The entrance to the tomb was first discovered in the west of the archaeological site 'Valley of the Kings' in Luxor, southern Egypt, in 2022. However, at that time, it was believed to be a consolidation to the tomb of Queen Hatshepsut.

The Ministry of Antiquities stated that the excavation team confirmed the tomb owner through a vase fragment inscribed with Thutmose II's name and an inscription bearing the name of his queen, Hatshepsut.