[blam]

"The preliminary DNA evidence – to be included in a Discovery Channel documentary being broadcast in the United States this Sunday – suggests that the mummy is indeed the great queen Hatshepsut. "

Anyone care to speculate on the haplogroup?

[blam]

GGG Ping.

List Of DNA Tested Mummies

[redhead]

I watched the program on Discovery Channel about this last night. Quite a detective story!

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Blam. Haplo's history... ya gotta be of a certain age to understand that atrocious pun... one of the lucky ones, IOW...

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[Daaave]

Hatshepsut

Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahri

[SunkenCiv]

from KMT I think:

(after William Petty)
Significant Events	Yrs from death of Thutmose I	Regnal Year of Thutmose II	Regnal Year of Hatshepsut	Regnal Year of Thutmose III
Thutmose II assumes the throne	1	1
	2	2
Mortuary temple inscriptions	3	3
	4	4
Thutmose II dies, Thutmose III assumes the throne	5	5		1
Dedication inscription at Semma	6			2
Hatshepsut assumes full titulary Senenmut's tomb started	7		7	3
Donation stele of Senenmut	8		8	4
Punt expedition, Sinai Stela, Useramen appointed vizier, counting from the accession of Thutmose III ceases	9		9	5
	10		10
	11		11
	12		12
Menkheperre & Hatshepsut depicted together	13		13	13
	14		14
Hatshepsut's obelisks begun	15		15	15
First actual joint dating	16		16	16

[SunkenCiv]

found these topic links in a file called “Hatshepsut tooth evidence”:

Hatshepsut mummy found
Egyptian State News Service | Friday, March 24, 2006 | unattributed
Posted on 03/26/2006 11:43:05 PM EST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1603736/posts

Mummy of Egyptian queen Hatshepsut may have been found
(in a humble tomb in the Valley of the Kings)
Reuters on Yahoo | 6/25/07 | Jonathan Wright
Posted on 06/25/2007 11:05:18 PM EDT by NormsRevenge
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1856274/posts

Egyptologists Think They Have Hatshepsut’s Mummy
ABC News | 6-26-2007 | Jonathan Wright
Posted on 06/26/2007 5:41:36 PM EDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1856722/posts

[SunkenCiv]

Theban Mapping Project (Valley of the Kings etc)
Theban Mapping Project | 1980s to present | Kent Weeks et al
Posted on 01/13/2005 11:03:55 PM EST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1320504/posts

http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/sites/browse_tomb_874.html

“An inscription on one coffin bore the name and title, royal nurse, In. In has been thought by some to be Sit-Ra, called In, royal nurse of Hatshepsut. The mummy is now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. The other, still unidentified mummy remained in situ. Thomas suggested it might be the mummy of Hatshepsut, relocated by Thutmes III.” [discovered in 1903 by Howard Carter who removed some mummified geese; excavated in 1906 by Edward Russell Ayrton, who removed the mummy of Sit-Ra; in 1989-1990 Donald P. Ryan built a wooden box to hold one mummy]

[SunkenCiv]

http://www.ancientegyptmagazine.com/
http://www.ancientegyptmagazine.com/rosalie_david.htm

“Consultant Editor Professor Rosalie David OBE has achieved world renown for her pioneering work in investigating mummies using non-destructive techniques. She is Director of the KNH Centre for Biological and Forensic Studies in Egyptology at The University of Manchester... Prof David was the former Keeper of Egyptology at the Manchester Museum, and is Director of the International Mummy Database and Director of the Schistosomiasis Investigation Project. Her research work into this disease, a scourge in the ancient as well as the modern world, was recognised recently with a prestigious award from the Anglo-French Medical Society. Prof David is the author of numerous books and articles on mummies and the religious practices of the ancient Egyptians, a presenter of TV and radio programmes, and an extremely popular lecturer all over the world.”

[SunkenCiv]

Hatshepsut Found; Thutmose I Lost
by Mark Rose
July 15, 2007

So, the pool of contenders for identification as Hatshepsut: KV60A (from the tomb and dubbed "the strong one" for the show), KV 60B (from the nurse's coffin), DB320A (called "the screaming one" because her mouth is open), and DB320B ("the serene one"). Dennis Forbes has pointed out that "the serene one" is in fact Unknown Woman D from KV35, often thought to be the 19th Dynasty queen Tausert. DB320B is often thought to be Tetisheri, matriarch of the 18th Dynasty. And we have Thutmose II and III for comparison, along with "Thutmose I." These all get run through a CT scanner in the museum's basement and that's when the fun begins. Who will be voted off Hatshepsut's Island? Who will be Pharaoh for a Day?

Zahi Hawass, head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, examines a possible royal mummy in KV60, left. Four mummies, one of which might be Hatshepsut's, right. (Discovery Communications)

[SunkenCiv]

dead link, from a file:

The Lost Pharaoh
by Gaile Robinson
Friday, Aug. 25, 2006

The story of her ascendancy and eventual disappearance, as well as more than 200 artifacts created during and shortly after her reign, are on exhibit in "Hatshepsut: From Queen to Pharoah," which opens Sunday at the Kimbell Art Museum. There are still holes in her story, and new interpretations arise every decade. It is known that she was the daughter of a king, Thutmose I, and that she married her half-brother, Thutmose II, a common practice among Egyptian royal families to ensure the bloodline. Thutmose II became pharaoh and died soon after leaving Hatshepsut and her daughter Neferure, and a secondary wife, Isis, mother of Thutmose III... She could not officially rule, because she was not the king's mother. Hatshepsut crowned herself king (yes, king) to strengthen her claim to the throne. Once she became king, though, she could not step down, not even when Thutmose came of age... Hatshepsut died around 1458 B.C., and 20 years later, Thutmose III began a systematic eradication of all evidence of her as a pharaoh. Images of her as a queen were left intact, but those of Hatshepsut in a short skirt and the double crown were defaced... For quite some time, it was believed this was a retaliatory measure of an angry stepson against an evil stepmother. But recent scholars say that, had that been the case, Thutmose would have not waited almost two decades to begin his assault on her history.

Egypt is trying to show the world its commitment to equality (uh, which doesn't exist).

[reagan_fanatic]

Not to be confused with the tomb of King Hatshempsut...

[jpl]

[SunkenCiv]

Pharaoh Hatshepsut Died in Pain
by Rossella Lorenzi
Discovery News
July 2, 2007

Obese, plagued with decayed teeth and perhaps a skin disease, Queen Hatshepsut might have spent her last days in pain... Bald in front but with long hair in back, the mummy shows an overweight woman just over 5 feet tall, who died at about 50... The daughter of Pharaoh Tuthmosis I and wife of Tuthmosis II, her half-brother, Hatshepsut reigned from 1498 to 1483 B.C. as the fifth pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty... When her husband-brother died, Hatshepsut became regent for the boy-king Tuthmosis III, the child of Tuthmosis II and a concubine... Examination of the mummy's mouth and her missing molar, which led to her identification as Hatshepsut, revealed very poor dental hygiene... Obesity and poor oral hygiene suggested to Selim and colleagues that she might have suffered from diabetes... One thing, however, is certain: Hatshepsut had cancer, cancer that had metastasized.