For the first time since Howard Carter discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamun over 100 years ago… we have a new royal discovery in Egypt.

Egyptologists have discovered the first tomb of a pharaoh since Tutankhamun’s was uncovered in 1922.

The resting place of King Thutmose II, who ruled around 3,500 years ago, was uncovered in west Luxor which is known as the Valley of the Kings.

King Thutmose’s remains, however, were found in the 19th century not too far from the tomb. Archaeologists suggested the mummy was likely moved centuries after the tomb was looted.

The tomb was found in a poor state of preservation due to its exposure to floods shortly after the king’s death, which caused pieces of mortar to fall from the interior.

The structure features a corridor with a floor covered with a layer of white plaster, leading to the burial chamber in the main corridor of the tomb where the floor level is about five feet higher than the floor of the chamber itself.

Archaeologists also discovered remnants of blue inscriptions and yellow sky stars, as well as decorations and paragraphs from the religious book ‘IImydwat’ that was placed in the tomb of kings.

King Thutmose II was the fourth Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, and his reign is thought to be 13 years 1493 to 1479 BC or just only three years from around 1482 to 1479 BC. He died at the age of 30.

Egypt’s Eighteenth Dynasty, however, reigned for more than 200 years.

Archaeologists noted that Thutmose’s tomb was the last of the lost kings of that era, but has been seen as less of important compared to his father, Thutmose I, sone, Thutmose III, and wife, Queen Hatshepsut.

Thutmose I, was the first pharaoh to cut his tomb in the Valley of the Kings. While Thutmose III was known as ‘the Napoleon of Egypt’ for his conquests and expansionism.

And Queen Hatshepsut made a name for herself due to being a female pharaoh, but also expanding trade and commissioning many building projects.

However, King Thutmose II is known for suppressing an uprising in Nubia and leading armies to stop rebels in the Levant.

The burial structure was found at Mount Thebes, located about 1.4 miles from the Valley of the Kings area.

Archaeologists thought the tomb belonged to the wife of Thutmose’s son due to its proximity to the tomb of Queen Hatshepsut who was also his half-sister.