(Andrzej Niwiński / Warsaw University’s Institute of Archaeology ) The wooden chest found at the excavation site, which has revealed clues to the location of Thutmose II’s tomb. The First News reports that the casket “contains the name of Pharaoh Thutmose II.” Inside the bundle was a small wooden trinket box, which was in the shape of an ancient Egyptian mortuary chapel. Then the Polish archaeologists found a bundle of linen canvas next to the stone casket. The ibis is a bird that had immense symbolic meaning for the ancient Egyptians. In the last bundle, what is believed to be, an ibis egg was found. A second one contained what appears to have been the egg of the goose. In one was the skeleton of a goose, that had been almost certainly sacrificed for religious purposes. In total there were three bundles of linen. The stone chest contained several surprising items, all carefully wrapped in linen canvas. The stone box with the items wrapped in linen canvas found at the excavation site, which suggest Thutmose II’s tomb is nearby. Prof Niwiński told The First News that “only after a closer look did it turn out to be a chest.” The stone chest is 40 cm (16 inches) high and wide. It was found among some debris and it looked like just another block that was used in ancient times for building. The stone box with the artifacts was discovered completely by chance. Polish teams have been working in this area since the 1960s.

Deir el-Bahari is a massive complex of royal tombs and other monuments, including the famed Mortuary Tomb of Hatshepsut. It was discovered at the Deir el-Bahari site in Egypt, on the banks of the Nile, and it is not far from the famous sites of Luxor and Karnak. The find was made by a team of archaeologists from Poland’s Warsaw University’s Institute of Archaeology, led by professor Andrejz Niwiński.

Experts believe that these curious finds are very important, as they may indicate the lost tomb of Pharaoh Thutmose II, who died over 3,500 years ago. They have come across a stone chest and a wooden box with unusual contents. Archaeologists working at one of the most famous Egyptian archaeological sites have made an amazing discovery.

Pharaoh treasure chest