by Michael J. Costa, Copyright 2017 MC, All rights reserved.
In 2015 Egyptologists discovered that KV62 may have an extension hidden by a false wall that was plastered over and painted, like the burial room in Horemhab's tomb which was plundered already. Letters written by an Egyptian Queen led to the sending of a Hittite Prince to Egypt; the letters were intercepted by Pharaoh Tutankhamon and investigated. Tut sent his heir, the Crown Prince (General) Horemhab to the North Border to find the Hittite Prince. Tut pretended to be dead as the letters already stated this was the case; the letters were found in Vizier Ay's possession. So Tut either arrested or killed Ay, and became "King Ay" for 3 to 4 years while Horemhab was away. He remained married to Queen Ankhesenamon. Ankhesenamon was a Pharaoh co-regent with her father Akhenaton, after he divorced Queen Nefertiti (for not producing a male heir), so she inherited her mother's titles of Nefer-neferuaton (etc). There were 2 people named Smenkhkara - one was the male ruler married to Queen Meritaton (Djoser-kheperu) and the other was Ankhesenamon's Pharaoh name (Ankh-kheperura Smenkhkara). Evidence for this theory exists in KV62A: the golden Canopic Shrines with statues of Ankhesenamon, the Canopic Jar lids with Ankhesenamon's face, the yellow Quartzite Sarcophagus with female engravings, Tut's broken red granite sarcophagus lid (KV62A) with the red granite sarcophagus in KV23 (King Ay tomb), etc. After "King Ay" died he was moved to KV62A to block access to KV62B, once Ankhesenamon died and was buried there (if so). The fake mural of "King Ay performing last rites to Tut" covers this entrance; King Ay has "Tut's facial features" which is evidence because Tut liked to preserve his image on statues of Gods and other people. The real Ay would want his image on his portrayal, like any Ancient Egyptian. Tut would not send his heir to intercept the Hittites unless Tut was already Pharaoh. KV62 was last opened during Horemhab's reign, when he moved Tut back into it. No one would think another tomb was there because Tut's burial was in the tomb. The Last Rites was the "Opening of the Mouth Ceremony" performed by the eldest male heir, as Horus to Osiris. In this regard, Tut performs it for himself or his alter ego. KV64 - a nearby tomb - had termite-infested coffins weighted with pillows (a fake mummy); was this a fake burial (decoy) for Ankhesenamon? Is Ankhesenamon really in KV62B? Perhaps in the near future we will know, as indicated by a renewed scan of the burial chamber later this month (February 2017).
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