Archaeologists have made a historic discovery in Egypt – the tomb of Pharaoh Thutmose II, who ruled from 1493 to 1479 BC, has been found. This is the first tomb of a pharaoh discovered in the last hundred years, daily.afisha.ru reports, with reference to Forbes.

The site, designated Tomb C4, was found west of Luxor during a two-year excavation by a joint British-Egyptian team. Archaeologists initially believed the burial belonged to the ruler's wife, but inscriptions found confirmed that it was the tomb of the "dead king" himself.

Unique artifacts were found in the tomb: fragments of tiles with blue engravings and yellow stars, as well as texts from the holy book "Ami Dawat" - the most important religious text of ancient Egyptian royal tombs. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities called the discovery "the last missing tomb of the rulers of the Eighteenth Dynasty."

Thutmose II, the fourth pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, died young, at 30. Despite his status as ruler, real power belonged to his half-sister and wife, Hatshepsut, who was his co-regent. Before this discovery, the last find of a pharaoh's tomb dated back to 1922, when Tutankhamun's tomb was discovered.