When he entered the burial chamber, he saw a ceiling painted with scenes from the Amduat, a sacred text reserved for kings, confirming its royal owner. Litherland emerged from the tomb in tears.

Amduat fragment found in the tomb of Thutmose II (New Kingdom Research Foundation/PA) Thutmose II was the husband as well as the half-brother of Hatshepsut, considered one of Egypt’s greatest ...