Hatshepsut, ruled 1473-1458 BC
The true mummy of ancient Egyptian queen Hatshepsut was discovered in the third floor of the Egyptian Museum
in Cairo, Secretary General of Supreme Council for Antiquities Zahi Hawwas revealed on Thursday.
The mummy was missing among thousands of artifacts lying in the museum, he said during his lecture at the
New York-based Metropolitan Museum of Arts.
He said for decades archaeologists believed that a mummy found in Luxor was that of the Egyptian queen. It
was a streak of luck, he said, to find this mummy.
The Metropolitan is hosting a Hatshepsut exhibition that displays 270 artifacts on the life history of the
queen.
The American museum honoured Hawwas and his accompanying delegation in appreciation of their effort to
unravel the mysteries of the Egyptian Pharaohnic age.
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