Mummy Reveals Legendary Egyptian Queen Was Obese, Balding And Bearded

Mummy Reveals Legendary Egyptian Queen Was Obese, Balding And Bearded

The identity of Hatshepsut is significant because this is the first clear royal mummy ID since Tutankhamen was discovered and identified in 1922. And the ID was made with advances in science; a CT scan of a single tooth in a box with Hatshepsut's name on it perfectly matched a tooth socket in the mummy's jaw. Royal lineage has been also supported by DNA analysis of some yet unnamed fragment of the mummy and a longer dead female royal relative.

More startling, the descriptions of Hatshepsut suggest that women haven't changed all that much over the centuries.

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