Many, many, many thanks to Nigel Fletcher-Jonesfor these live updates copied from his facebook timeline https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008146188842&fref=nf . Do you read them if you can, as the comments are excellent.
... And we're off. El Damaty: recap based on Nick's paper.
(September 2015) Found Plaster brushed on in parts of the burial chamber. Not
the first time it was suggested that Nefertiti was buried in KV. But unlikely
she was buried elsewhere than Amarna. Scan of three sides of burial chamber
show something. IR thermography on north wall. Some differential but very low.
New radar scan last month. Inconclusive results - too much noise. Need to continue
and repeat radar scan and IR scan.
Nick: Nefertiti survived Akhenaten. Became pharaoh and
buried in KV. Some Amarna evidence in KV. KV63 linked to Amarna period.
Possibility of other chambers in KV62, possibly Nefertiti. Traces of precise
vertical lines, not faults. Not a single tomb, like the second annex in the
royal tomb at Amarna. Decoration of north wall similar to Amarna tombs. White
ground on the north wall, not yellow. Female pharaonic figure? Mouth opening of
Nefertiti as pharaoh by a young Tutankhamun. Second radar survey disappointing
after the first survey. Further tests needed.
Dr. Watanabe: Back to my geophysical surveying roots for
this one... November 2015 survey with ground penetrating radar (mounted
sideways). Bit of an AV disaster, unfortunately. The first message is 'I've
done this kind of thing all over the place, so...'. Uses high frequency pulse
waves to detect anomalies. Images only indicate absence or presence, not actual
shapes. Possible metallic compounds based on strong signals? Detected faults
behind western wall. Straight lines of dots indicate something behind the West
wall. Strong signals indicate metallic strips.
Dr. El Shayb: former director of CULTNAT now at Cairo
University (civil engineer). Non-destructive / non-invasive techniques.
Importance of calibration with regard to different types of underlying geology.
Are the signals the same in sandstone, shale and limestone? We don't know. One
survey says there are voids, the other says there are not. Need more scans including
more IR and GPR. Plus impact echo techniques - using sound waves. Thorough 3D
mapping and scanning from above the surface. Need control images from a known
tomb. Possibly try it out on KV5.
Zahi: Not here to attack anyone, but this is inconclusive.
The theory has become a fact. Carter didn't see anything at the time. Agreed
that the tomb was planned for someone else. Nefertiti could not be buried in
KV. The geological characteristics of the area around KV62 is well known and
complex. The radar may be showing something else. Not possible to find tombs
with radar. Need for the data to be available to the international community.
Radar can't detect organic material. National Geographic survey showed no
anomalies. A new chamber should be far more evident, particularly the door.
Results not clear. Need more radar surveys. Need a committee to review data,
and stop the media circus.
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