A leading Archeologist has made the radical claim that ancient Egypt’s Queen Nefertiti could be buried behind a secret door in Tutankhamen’s legendary tomb.

The queen, made famous for an iconic bust discovered in the ruins of the city of Amarna, ruled alongside pharaoh Akhenaten in 14BC.

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But her burial place and mummy has never been uncovered, unlike the majority of 18th dynasty Pharaohs.

Now, Dr Nicholas Reeves from the University of Arizona has dramatically suggested her tomb could be shared with that of Tutankhamen, famously discovered by Howard Carter in 1922.

In a new report, Dr Reeves argues that two additional rooms could be hidden beyond the painted funeral chamber of the short-lived boy king.

High-resolution images have found cracks and fissures along the walls that housed the King’s sarcophagus, potentially hinting at two additional rooms.

“Scans over the course of several months has yielded results which are beyond intriguing – indications of two previously unknown doorways, one set within a larger partition wall and both seemingly untouched since antiquity,” Dr Reeves says in the report. 

“The implications are extraordinary.”

An image of the tomb and extra chambers. Photo: Theban Mapping Project.

Tutankhamen – the son of rogue pharaoh, Akhenaten, remains the only Egyptian King whose tomb has been discovered intact.

Archeologists believe he was the son of another wife to Akhenaten and not Nefertiti, who was the pharaoh’s chief wife.

“Each piece of evidence on its own is not conclusive, but put it all together and it’s hard to avoid my conclusion,” Dr Reeves told the economist.

“If I’m wrong, I’m wrong, but if I’m right this is potentially the biggest archaeological discovery ever made,” Dr Reeves said.

Archeologists hope to conduct more scans and tests.