Egyptian mummy believed to be 'lost queen'

Egyptian antiquities experts are poised to announce what is billed as the top archaeological discovery since the 1922 find of Tutankhamun’s tomb – that a mummy housed in the Cairo Museum is actually that of Queen Hatshepsut.

Egyptian mummy believed to be 'lost queen'

Egyptian antiquities experts are poised to announce what is billed as the top archaeological discovery since the 1922 find of Tutankhamun’s tomb – that a mummy housed in the Cairo Museum is actually that of Queen Hatshepsut.

Hatshepsut was a woman ruler who called herself a Pharaoh. She was known for dressing like a man and wearing a false beard.

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