Anjesenamón, la reina de la XVIII Dinastía de Egipto, tenía 13 años cuando se casó con Tut, de nueve años.

Los CIENTÍFICOS creen que se están acercando a los restos de la esposa del legendario rey egipcio Tutankamón.

La trágica Anjesenamón, inmortalizada como el villano en la exitosa película La Momia, tenía 13 años cuando se casó con el faraón Tut, de nueve años, su medio hermano.

Los científicos pueden estar acercándose a los restos de Ankhesenamun, la esposa del rey egipcio Tutankamón. Crédito: Getty – Colaborador

Luego se casó con el sucesor de Tut, Ay, su abuelo materno, según los expertos de Ancient Origins.

También se cree que la tercera de seis hijas y reina de la XVIII Dinastía de Egipto fue la primera esposa de su propio padre, Akhenten.

El arqueólogo Zahi Hawass descubrió lo que, según él, era su lugar de descanso final en el Valle de los Reyes utilizando un radar de penetración terrestre en julio.

La excavación para descubrir los restos de la mítica reina, un hallazgo que él llama el “descubrimiento del siglo”, finalmente está en marcha, anunció en su sitio web.

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“In January 2018, Zahi Hawass launched his own excavations at the Valley of the Monkeys, a side valley in the area of the Valley Of The Kings,” a spokesman for the research team said.

They added: “The focus of the excavations is in the area in close proximity to the tomb of Ay, Tutankhamun’s successor.

“The radar scans in the area detected the presence of a possible entrance to a tomb at a depth of five metres (16ft).”

Alongside Italian researchers, Hawass had been excavating the area as part of  a fresh investigation into the boy king’s resting place – also in the Valley of The Kings – earlier this year.

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Archaeologist Zahi Hawass discovered what he claimed was her final resting place in the Valley of the Kings (pictured) using ground-penetrating technologyCredit: Getty – Contributor

Tutankhamun is believed to have died before his burial chamber was built and buried in a rushCredit: Getty Images

Speaking when the excavation was first announced, Franco Porcelli, the project’s director, said: “Who knows what we might find as we scan the ground.”

The tomb was first discovered by British archaeologist Howard Carter in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings in November 1922.

Carter’s patron Lord Carnarvon died weeks after the tomb was opened, fuelling supernatural rumours.

Carnarvon, who funded Carter’s expeditions, was believed to be the victim of a curse inscribed on the Pharoah’s tomb which claimed anyone who disturbed it would be “visited by wings of death”.

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Hawass had been excavating the Valley of the Kings area as part of  a fresh investigation into the resting place of TutankhamunCredit: Getty – Contributor

Archaeologist Howard Carter removing oils from the coffin of Tutankhamen in 1922Credit: Getty – Contributor

The Brit was likely killed by an infected mosquito bite and no such inscription was ever found.

But some believe the burial site contains a secret room and the final resting place of the boy king’s step-mother Queen Nefertiti.

Porcelli, a professor of physics at the Polytechnic University in Turin said that his team’s mission will be the “final investigation” which will “provide an answer which is 99 per cent definitive”.

The team will use a bevy of high tech radar systems to detect the underground architecture and spot any anomalies in between the tomb walls.

The hunt is part of a larger study to map the ancient resting place of the Egyptian Pharaohs.

It is the third time researchers have entered the 3,300-year-old tomb in the past two years.

Doubts have been cast over the existence of the missing chamber.

Nicholas Reeves, a British Egyptologist at the University of Arizona first claimed to have spotted a secret room back in 2015.

Vista elevada sobre el templo y los acantilados de piedra caliza cerca del Templo de HatshepsutCrédito: Getty Images

Los escaneos de radar parecieron respaldar su teoría y fueron bien recibidos por Mamdouh Eldamaty, ex ministro de antigüedad de Egipto.

La explosiva noticia fue recibida con preocupación, ya que la National Geographical Society no pudo replicar resultados similares.

Los científicos abrieron recientemente una tumba del antiguo Egipto después de 3.600 años y se sorprendieron al descubrir familias enteras intactas, junto a cabras y el esqueleto de un enorme cocodrilo.