Archaeologists Find Tomb With Possible Ties to King Tut

The two daughters King Tut is believed to have had with wife Ankhesenamun were stillborn, their mummified fetuses found in Tut's tomb nearly a century ago, the Telegraph reported in 2008. 

But what of Ankhesenamun, who was also Tut's half sister? It's possible her grave has just been found. Former Minister of State for Antiquities Zahi Hawass tells Live Science his team is "sure" they've found a tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, "but we do not know for sure to whom it belongs." 

As for why the theory that it belongs to Ankhesenamun has emerged, it's a matter of proximity: Live Science reports Ankhesenamun wed the pharaoh Ay after Tut's death, and the tomb was found near Ay's.

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