Cairo - Egypt's Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni announced Wednesday in Cairo the identification of the mummy of Hatshepsut, the most famous queen to rule ancient Egypt. "Throughout an entire year, a team of scientists led by Dr Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, had been working on proving the identity of the mummy," Hosni told reporters at the Egyptian Museum.
The mummy, Hawas says, which was found among other artifacts, was proven to be that of Hatshepsut's through DNA and scanning tests at the first centre of its kind located in Egypt.
The mummy of Hatshepsut was one of two females found in 1903 in a small tomb believed to be that of Hatshepsut's wet-nurse, Sitre In, Hawas added.
