The tomb of Tutankhamun, the most famous of Egypt's pharaohs, conceals a secret that was unknown to researchers until now. It was discovered more than 90 years ago and an English archaeologistDr. Nicholas Reeves of the University of Arizona has now discovered a secret doorway leading from the tomb of King Tut to that of Nefertiti, who was mother of the boy-king. She was believed to be one of the most powerful women of the ancient world.

Reeves examined digital scans of the walls of Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings, across the Nile River from Luxor in southern Egypt. The stint helped him discover the bricked-up "ghosts" of the doorways.

He said that one of the doorways leads to a little-used storeroom. However, the other on the north side of the tomb leads to the area where the tomb's rightful owner was buried.

English archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the room containing Tut's tomb in 1922. If Reeves’ findings are true, then the room was built as an antechamber to that of the more illustrious and glamorous Nefertiti.

It would also help researchers gain insight into Tutankhamun's resting place that researchers have been long trying to understand.

Nefertiti became very famous during her life time, but no one had accurate knowledge about where she has been buried.

“I would be very surprised if this tomb was built to house the original, or first, burial of Nefertiti, as it seems to me that it is highly likely that she died during her husband’s reign and so would have been buried at Amarna, the city purpose-built by Akhenaten in Middle Egypt”, said Joyce Tyldesley, senior lecturer in Egyptology at the University of Mancheste.