Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Egyptian Queen's mummy identified

BBC News
6/27/2007


"Egyptologists say they have identified the 3,000-year-old mummy of Hatshepsut, Egypt's most powerful female ruler.

Egypt's antiquities chief Zahi Hawass made the official announcement at a packed news conference in Cairo.

It is being billed as the biggest archaeological find in Egypt since the 1922 discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb.

Archaeologists hope the mummy, which has lain unrecognised for decades, will yield clues about the mystery of her death and subsequent disappearance..."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6244516.stm

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