Egypt to begin search for Nefertiti’s tomb

CAIRO – Egypt’s antiquities minister is promising authorities will move quickly to get the necessary radar equipment to search for Queen Nefertiti’s tomb amid a new theory that it could be in a hidden chamber behind King Tutankhamun’s tomb.

The theory, presented by British Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves, speculates that King Tut, who died at the age of 19, may have been rushed into an outer chamber of what was originally Nefertiti’s tomb.

The tomb is located in the Valley of the Kings near the ancient city of Luxor.

Minister Mamdouh el-Damaty says the radar equipment could be obtained and be at the site within three months.

Joaquin strengthens after hitting Bahamas

ELEUTHERA, Bahamas – Hurricane Joaquin unleashed heavy flooding as it roared through sparsely populated islands in the eastern Bahamas on Thursday as a Category 4 storm, with forecasters warning it could grow even stronger before carving a path that would take it near the U.S. East Coast.

The storm battered trees and buildings as surging waters reached the windows of some homes on Long Island in the Bahamas and inundated the airport runway at Ragged Island.

There were no immediate reports of casualties, according to Capt. Stephen Russell, the director of the Bahamas National Emergency Management Agency.

Associated Press