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Hieroglyphs used to identify mummies in the Valley of the Kings
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Luxor, Egypt (Asharq Alawsat): Eight decades have passed since the British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun, the boy king, in Egypt in 1922. Most experts had abandoned hope of finding further treasures in the Valley of the Kings, the desert valley near the ancient city of Luxor where the pharaohs were buried. They were wrong. Dr Hawass said that hieroglyphs from the tomb could reveal the identities of the five mummies inside.
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