“CAIRO, Egypt — Months after Egypt boldly announced that archaeologists had identified a mummy as the most powerful queen of her time, scientists in a museum basement are still analyzing DNA from the bald, 3,500-year-old corpse to try to back up the claim aired on TV.Progress is slow. So far, results indicate the linen-wrapped mummy is most likely, but not conclusively, the female pharaoh Queen Hatshepsut, who ruled for 20 years in the 15th century B.C.Running its own ancient-DNA lab is a major step forward for Egypt, which for decades has seen foreigners take most of the credit for major discoveries here.” (Link)

I remember when they thought that they had found Hatshepsut for the first time. A find like this is one of those things that only happens every so often. Hatshepsut was a Queen in Egypt who was erased from almost every public drawing known to man kind today. What is not know is why she was erased.

If (and when) she is verified as the actual Queen, it will tell archaeologists a lot of information about how she died (murder?) and perhaps where. These key pieces of information should shed a lot of light on the missing information about Queen Hatshepsut.

-Justin