


The boffins think the space behind the plastering may be the tomb of Nefertiti who went out for a papyrus of fish and chips in 4,500 BC and never came home. We could break through again, Sir (pause for sharp intake of air through teeth) but it’ll cost you”. “Sorry Sir, but the master bedroom is forever lost to you, we’ve plastered over the opening. How bad does a builder have to be before he plasters over a door by mistake? So I cannot say one way or another whether there were any cowboys in ancient Egypt but there is evidence of cowboy building.īy shining some flashy new gizmo at the wall of the boy king’s burial chamber the boffins have discovered what they think may be two plastered over-doors. I wasn’t there at the time and I never studied it at school. My recollection of ancient Egyptian history is hazy. What they have found - after a century of rummaging around in the sand mind you - is evidence of cowboy builders! Anyway, they haven’t found another golden sarcophagus or mummified coot or anything like that. You would think they’d let that lad rest in peace wouldn’t you.

Astonishing new evidence has emerged from none other than the tomb of the boy king, Tutankhamen.
