For at least 3,339 years, nobody has seen what lies behind the west and north walls of the burial chamber of Tutankhamun.<br />But this secret of three millennia might not last much longer.<br />On Thursday, Mamdouh Eldamaty, the Egyptian antiquities minister, held a press conference in Cairo to announce a tantalizing new piece of evidence: Radar scans on those walls have revealed not only the presence of hidden chambers, but also unidentified objects that lie within these rooms.<br />These objects, Eldamaty said, seem to be composed of both metal and organic materials.<br />“It could be the discovery of the century,” he said.<br />He said that another radar test has been scheduled for the end of this month, in order to determine the best way to proceed with the investigation.
