Archaeologists discover secret chambers in King Tut's tomb, but what's inside them?

Scans reveal 90 percent likelihood of two secret chambers.

In 1922, Howard Carter discovered the tomb of the young Egyptian King Tutankhamen. The discovery turned out to be the find of the century as it was the most intact tomb of a pharaoh ever discovered. Now, new research suggests the site could hold a whole new host of discoveries as two possible hidden chambers have been revealed.

LOS ANGELES, CA (California Network) - The world of archaeology is abuzz with the discovery of two possible secret chambers in the tomb of King Tut. The rooms have been revealed by radar scans of the walls of his burial chamber.

Archaeologists decided to scan the walls after noticing small cracks which are known indicators of other chambers. Radars have confirmed their suspicions.

The next step is for archaeologists to decide how best to study those chambers without damaging the tomb itself. The walls of King Tut's tomb are painted with amazing murals and inscriptions which all agree should be left intact.

One possibility could be to bore a tiny hole through the wall, then run a camera on a cable through the hole to confirm the existence of the chambers and to see if anything is in them. There is little logic to removing a section of the wall, which comes with substantial risk, if there is nothing behind it.

Just what could be in the secret chambers is subject to wide speculation, but it is likely the rooms were filled around the time of King Tut, narrowing the possibilities of who it could be. A prominent guess is Queen Nefertiti, who died when Tut was a small child.

Archaeologists have long been baffled by the small size of Tut's tomb. Although Tut died when he was about 18, his tomb is still relatively small for a pharaoh. Some speculate that Tut died young and unexpectedly, without a proper tomb prepared, so a woman's tomb was re-purposed, or possibly even shared.

Archaeologists are hoping the chambers belong to Nefertiti. Nefertiti was a wife of King Tut's father, Akhenaten. As a queen who may have ruled alongside her husband for many years, she might have been buried with much greater treasure than even King Tut.

Such a discovery would reveal much about the life of the Egyptian pharaohs, adding to what we have gained from the tomb of Tut.

However, it is possible the chambers are empty, contain a lesser burial, or don't really exist at all. However, archaeologists say they are about 90 percent sure something is behind the walls.

There are no specific plans as of yet to conduct a new dig at the site.

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