A mystery surrounding one of the most powerful women in history is slowly unfolding, as it appears that the mummy of Egypt’s Queen Hatshepsut has been found, closing a 3,400 year-old cold case.

For the past 100 years, Egyptologists thought that when the powerful female pharaoh Hatshepsut died, her nephew and successor ...

Could an almost forgotten mummy in the Egyptian Museum be the mummy of the ancient Egyptian queen Hatshepsut, asks Zahi Hawass Ancient Egyptian kings and queens have magic for all of us ...

The discovery of Hatshepsut's lost mummy made headlines two summers ago, but the full story unfolded slowly, in increments, a forensic drama more along the lines of CSI than Raiders of the Lost Ark.

In a groundbreaking discovery, archaeologists have uncovered a 3,500-year-old tomb in Egypt, believed to belong to King ...

Egyptologists say they have identified the 3,000-year-old mummy of Hatshepsut, Egypt's most powerful female ruler. Egypt's antiquities chief Zahi Hawass made the official announcement at a packed news ...

The mummy was identified as Queen Hatshepsut, who ruled for 20 years in the 15th century B.C., dressing like a man and wearing a fake beard. A monumental builder, she wielded more power than two ...

The mummy was well preserved with an expensive ... government official who was rumored to be the secret lover of Queen Hatshepsut. The Screaming Woman was interred in a nearby burial chamber ...

It appears that Hatshepsut originally planned to be buried not far from Thutmose II. Dodson noted that there is a tomb located about 1,640 feet (500 meters) from Thutmose II's tomb that was built ...

The mummy is believed to be a relative of Senmut, an architect who worked during the reign of ancient Egypt’s most powerful female leader, Queen Hatshepsut. Senmut’s final years also remain a ...

The mummy appears to still possess all her internal ... noting a previous expedition led by Queen Hatshepsut brought back frankincense, while Tutankhamun’s tomb also contained frankincense ...