Ancient Egypt Research Paper

Most of us here in the western world do not realize that Egypt is still relevant in modern times. Egypt is the largest Arab country and has the second largest economy in the Arab world at the moment. Within the past three decades, Egypt’s social and economic structures have improved drastically. If anything, Egypt is more important now than it ever was. There are many discoveries still to be made about one of history’s oldest civilizations, ancient Egypt, and time is quickly running out. As of late, Islāmic groups have been responsible for deadly attacks on Egypt’s tourist and resort areas. This of course includes the Pyramid’s of Giza, one of the country’s main source of tourist income. Not only will this potentially cripple their bustling economy, our chance to further expand our knowledge on a very important ancient civilization is also at stake. …show more content…
After an extensive analysis of images published last year of king Tut’s tomb, Reeves questioned cracks in the wall and proposed that they could be two “ghost” doorways leading to an undiscovered space. Egyptian authorities have granted Reeves and other experts permission to search the tomb on September 28th 2015. Evidence from earlier discoveries regarding Egyptian tombs also supports Reeve’s hypothesis. According to Reeves, the size of Tut’s tomb is inappropriate for an Egyptian king. He theorized that the tomb was originally built for Nefertiti and later made to accompany Tut due to his untimely death and lack of a tomb of his own. If this is true, we may be very close to finally discovering Nefertiti’s