In the News: Hatshepsut Found

I got my latest issue of National Geographic in the mail today, and the cover story is an interesting one (but isn't it always?). It reports that the body of Hatshepsut - the female pharaoh who ruled Egypt in the 15th century BC - has been discovered!

Well actually, the body was discovered a century ago. But it has recently been identified as Hatshepsut thanks to a tooth in a box with her name on it, which fit perfectly in the jaw of the Jane Doe mummy.

You can read about the discovery and Hatshepsut the woman on the National Geographic website.

For details and photos about her very impressive temple in Luxor (left), see our article on the Temple of Hatshepsut.

The newly-identified mummy of Hatshepsut is now on display in the Royal Mummy Rooms of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.