Discovered 3 km west of the Valley of the Kings, and underneath a Theban Mountain waterfall, Dr. Litherland and his team unearthed the debris-filled and once-flooded tomb of King Thutmose II. Dr. Litherland believes it likely that both of King Thutmose II’s tombs were designed by the renowned 18th Dynasty architect Ineni, who, in his tomb (TT81) biography, recounts his life and mentions that he had: Dr. Litherland speculates and shares his theory of Ineni taking it upon himself to build the king a second tomb, in order to protect his late ruler, the divine kingship, and eternal rest he felt he had failed to provide due to the flooding of Thutmose II’s original tomb.