Searching for hidden chambers adjacent to Tutankhamun’s tomb

作者：洛伦佐·博内利（Lorenzo Bonelli）

The original full article by Luigi Sambuelli, Cesare Comina, Gianluca Catanzariti, Filippo Barsuglia, Gianfranco Morelli, Francesco Porcelli was published on the March–April 2019 issue of Elsevier:https://www.sciendirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/s1296207418308124

年轻的法老王图坦卡蒙（Tutankhamun）的坟墓是埃及卢克斯（Luxor）国王山谷（VOK）内所有皇家墓中最著名的。1922年，霍华德·卡特（Howard Carter）在霍华德·卡特（Howard Carter）上发现了这个坟墓，几乎是完整的葬礼宝藏。

The existence of毗邻图坦卡蒙墓的隐藏室和走廊(代号KV62)一直争论不休。2015年,我t was suggested these chambers may host the yet undiscovered burial of Nefertiti. To test this hypothesis, two Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) surveys conducted in 2015 and 2016 from inside KV62 were carried out but gave contradictory results. To solve these uncertainties and obtain a more confident and conclusive response, a third GPR survey was conducted in 2018 using IDS GeoRadar technology.

“这项工作既是激动人心，又是一个挑战。刺激是显而易见的 - 只有3300年后，感觉就像是在最著名的法老的黄金墓葬上监视。实际上，我们21世纪的最先进的，多通道和多频GPR仪器可以从钱伯斯的墙壁上进行前所未有的扫描，从而解决结果和清晰度，”说GIANLUCA CATANZARITI，3DGEOOIMANGE的GPR专家。

世纪的发现

该图像代表了框架位置的草图以及沿西侧和北墙的HF扫描所覆盖的区域。

GPR通常在考古和法医应用中成功使用。鉴于雕刻坟墓的基岩与所谓的密封门之间的预期物理对比，以及门上方可能存在木制lintel，GPR is the most effective method to establish the presence of hidden chambers毗邻KV62。

The first GPR survey indicated the presence of two distinct regions or cavities of significant empty space beyond the decorated north and west walls of the burial chamber. This finding was called ‘the discovery of the century’.

埃及的古物国（MOA）委托进行了第二项GPR调查，以重新确认第一次KV62 GPR调查的结果。第二次调查是由国家地理团队使用中/高GPR天线进行扫描到坟墓墙壁的国家地理团队进行的。但是，第二次KV62 GPR扫描无法确认初始发现。因此，第二次KV62 GPR调查的结论与第一个GPR调查的结论不一致。

事实证明，前两个KV62雷达扫描事实证明，这是一个很大的迹象表明，任务的复杂性在某种程度上被低估了。鉴于此，MOA要求对图坦卡蒙墓的第三次全面的地球物理调查能够提供有关隐藏室存在的结论性证据和KV62附近的走廊。

为了应对潜在的技术困难，来自都灵理工大学的意大利团队，Geostudi Astier，3D Geoimaging和Turein University of The University of The University of Thire第三次调查，使用三个GPR系统进行多频带，，，，from150 MHz to 3 GHz。

结合高频和低频GPR调查

由于需要扫描墙壁而不会破坏其宝贵的装饰，因此研究团队设计和执行了特殊设备，以将天线移动到距墙壁的一定距离。

“挑战属于特殊的仪器 - 目标配置 - 我们的GPR系统必须平行于垂直室的墙壁平行'滑动'，以扫描它们以外的卷，而这从未尝试过，这是从未尝试过的，”解释了Catanzariti.

High-frequency (HF) surveysallow higher resolution for potential identification of shallow anomalies related to the doorway corners and to the presence of a backfilling structure made by incoherent material, including non-shaped stones blocks. HF scans were planned in order to investigate a stripe, about 1.5-metre-high, along the West and the North walls. All the GPR profiles were acquired with a GPR unit composed by anAladdin 2GHz IDS Georadar天线盒和IDS Georadar K2控制单元。

Low-frequency (LF) GPR调查可促进电磁波渗透和较深空隙的潜在鉴定。收购LF扫描发生了IDS GeoRadar RIS TR200以横向电动（TE）模式运行的屏蔽天线，从垂直方向收集数据，从底部到顶部收集数据。专家以双极化多渠道获得了中间频率（IF）扫描IDS GeoRadar Stream C系统。

Stream C allowed to simultaneously record, by a single swath, 23 radar profiles in transverse magnetic (TM) mode and 9 radar profiles in TE-mode.

In the end, the collected data obtained during a very large number of horizontal and vertical scans of the relevant KV62 walls summed up to about 2.7 kilometres of radargrams.

寻求寻找隐藏的房间

根据HF采集的处理数据，意大利研究团队没有发现垂直平面（与扫描墙正交的）可以解释为可以解释为岩石和封锁壁之间的边界的证据。专家认为，第一次KV62 GPR调查很可能在结论中被“幽灵信号”误导了，，，，同意第二次GPR调查的结论。

However, probably due to the limited time availability and spatial extension, the second KV62 GPR survey was unable to provide a convincing conclusive answer. With a high level of confidence, the research team concluded the theory concerning the existence of hidden chambers adjacent Tutankhamun’s tomb is not supported by GPR data.