High-resolution scan indicates the tomb of the king's childhood Ancient Egypt Tutankhamun, contains two secret rooms, one of which was thought to be the final resting place of Queen Nefertiti.
Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves, from England, said in a press conference in Cairo he believes the mausoleum of King Tutankhamun was filled by Nefertiti, experts thought was his stepmother, and he has been lying there for more than 3,000 years behind the space that separated the wall , as reported by the Telegraph pages.
Reeves said radar and thermal imagery, radar and thermal imaging, can help uncover the secret room hidden behind the tomb of Tutankhamun and what was behind it.
Egyptian Antiquities Minister Mamdouh al-Damaty said the next step is working on radar study that will begin one to three months.
Tut, died around 1323 BC. His tomb, which is equipped with a gold mask, discovered in the Valley of the Kings by British scientists Howard Carter in 1922.
Experts have long studied why the tomb of King Tut is smaller than the other pharaohs and why its shape more in line with the Egyptian queen at the time.
Egyptologists are still not sure where Nefertiti died and was buried. He is believed to have died while her husband was still in power, leading to the assumption he was buried at Amarna, a bust of him was found in 1912.
More recently, most experts, including Reeves, believes he outlived her husband Pharaoh Akhenatten, changed his name and probably ruled Egypt in a short time.
Reeves developed his theory of Nefertiti's tomb after studying the high-resolution scans showed that he believed the two secret chamber in the northern and western parts of the walls of the tomb of King Tut.
One room, according to him, is a storage area and another one containing the bodies of Nefertiti, whose name means "beautiful he has come".
But other archaeologists to be careful because the evidence is still lacking and other scientists believe the mummy of Nefertiti was found in 1898 and stored in the Egyptian Museum.
"The idea that one room may refer to the former tomb, say Nefertiti, still pure speculation," said Aidan Dodson, an expert on Egypt at Bristol University, told Reuters.
Damaty, who recently returned from a tour of the Valley of the Kings with Reeves and other experts, said he believes there is a secret room that may contain the bodies of royal women, chances are the mother of King Tut.
Nefertiti was the first wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten, who introduced monotheism in Egypt around the 14th century BC.
Many scientists say King Tut was the son of Akhenaten from his sister Kia.
Tutankhamun is believed to be married to his half sister Ankhesenamun, one of six daughters of Akhenaten and Nefertiti.
Nefertiti is said to live longer than her husband and ruled Egypt under the name Neferneferuaten.