Egyptian Antiquities Minister Mahmoud El-Damaty has announced that British Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves will be heading to Luxor on Sept. 28 to officially begin reviewing his Nefertiti tomb theory on the ground, according to a ministry statement .
The investigatory visit, which will include prominent Egyptologists from the ministry, will mark the first step in Reeves' search, as field inspection work will be conducted inside King Tutankhamun's tomb, to evaluate the possibility of Nefertiti’s tomb being hidden behind an undiscovered doorway, as Reeves has claimed .
The archaeologist will now have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to possibly follow in the famous footsteps of his fellow Briton, the late Howard Carter when he headed to the Valley of the Kings and discovered the world-famous tomb of the iconic boy king in 1922.
The statement added that following the completion of the initial inspection work, an international press conference will be held on Oct. 1 in Cairo to announce the initial findings of the first archaeological visit.
In addition to announcing the anticipated results, the future plan of the search operation will also be revealed at the conference in order to "be absolutely certain whether or not the hidden chambers are still hiding more secrets."
In addition, the ministry has approved the use of non-invasive radar inside the burial chamber, for which final clearancess are expected to be obtained within a month, according to ministry spokesperson Mouchira Moussa .
Damaty previously contacted Reeves and invited him to Egypt to discuss the validity of his controversial theory with Egyptian experts to determine whether or not he should be given the chance to prove his theory.
Now that Reeves has succeeded in getting approval to search for the long lost tomb and possibly prove a thought-provoking theory that caught the world's attention and divided Egyptologists everywhere, the world's eyes will be closely watching his anticipated archaeological investigation.
If Reeves manages to actually find the ancient Egyptian queen's tomb inside Tut's tomb, he will have made a discovery perhaps even more monumental than Carter's breakthrough discovery of the pharaoh's intact tomb almost a century ago. No pressure though, Reeves.
