A tooth found in
a relic box has led archaeologists to identify a
long-ignored mummy as being Egypt's most powerful female
pharaoh-- essentially one of the most
significant finds since King Tutankhamun's tomb,
reports the Jerusalem Post.
The mummy has been identified as Queen
Hatshepsut, who ruled for two decades in the 15th
century B.C. Hatshepsut was the first woman to rule
Egypt as a pharaoh. When she took the throne, she began to
dress as a man and wore a fake beard. She was even
sometimes referred to as "he" even though it was
public knowledge she was a woman.
After her death, all records of her vanished,
including her mummy.
The Jerusalem Post reported that a mummy
was discovered in 1903 lying on the ground next to an
sarcophagus in the Valley of Kings burial ground in
Luxor. For decades the mummy was written off as
unidentifiable and left untouched.
However, two
months ago the unidentified mummy was subjected to DNA
testing. Experts then made a stunning match: a tooth that
had been found in a relic box displaying Hatshepsut's
insignia and containing embalmed organs fit a gap in
the mummy's jaw.
"We are 100% certain" the mummy belongs
to Hatshepsut, Zahi Hawass, secretary general of the
Supreme Council of Antiquities, told the Post.
It is believed that Hatshepsut snatched the
throne from her stepson, Thutmose III, who later
removed her from records out of spite. (The Advocate)
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