Identify the famous Egyptian queen mummy

Egyptologists claim that they have identified Hatshepsut's mummy, the most famous queen of ancient Egypt, found in a shabby grave in the Valley of the Kings.

Egyptian top archaeologist Zahi Hawass said it was the most important discovery in the Valley of the Kings after the discovery of King Tutankhamun.

Hatshepsut's mummy is thought to be one of two women found in 1903 in a small tomb of the queen's nanny. Many Egyptologists have speculated for years that one of those mummies is queen, reigning from 1503 to 1482 BC - the flourishing period of Egypt.

Egyptologist Elizabeth Thomas said that the mummy with the right arm folded above the chest was Hatshepsut's position because the arm indicated that the woman belonged to the royal lineage. Her mummy was hidden in the grave to ensure safety, because her stepson and her successor, King Tuthmosis III, tried to completely erase all memories of her.

Queen Hatshepsut . (Photo: Amazon.com)

Meanwhile, Hawass suspects that the mummy with the right arm folded is not Hatshepsut's."I don't believe that mummy is Hatshepsut. She has a slender body with a low chest, and the position of the arm does not prove to be royal."

He leaned on the second mummy that had previously been thought of by a nanny. That mummy is now stored at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

"The mummy currently in the tomb with big breasts may be the nanny, the owner of the coffin. The mummy on the third floor of the Egyptian Museum is Hatshepsut's," Hawass wrote.

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