There is one enduring mystery of Ancient Egypt that comes to us, not from Giza, but from the Valley of the Kings on the West Bank in Luxor. It is a mystery that is entangled with the story of Tutankhamen, the mysterious King Smenkhkare and the Heretic King-Akhenaten. This mystery is that of KV55; otherwise known as Tomb 55.

Tomb 55 was discovered in the Valley of the Kings on January 6, 1907. A financier by the name of Theodore M. Davis and an archaeologist he hired…