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.

Months after Egypt boldly announced that archaeologists had identified a mummy as the most powerful queen of her time, scientists in a museum basement are still analyzing DNA from the bald 3,500 ...

CAIRO, Egypt -- The long-overlooked mummy of an obese woman, who likely suffered from diabetes and liver cancer, has been identified as Queen Hatshepsut, ancient Egypt's most powerful female ...

CAIRO, Egypt — A tooth found in a relic box led archaeologists to identify a long-overlooked mummy as that of Egypt's most powerful female pharoah — possibly the most significant find since ...

Hatshepsut’s reign from about 1502 to 1482 BC occurred when Egypt was at the height of its power. She reestablished trade routes that had been disrupted by the Hyksos’ occupation of Egypt and ...

Another mummy, which had been in the Egyptian Museum for decades and was long believed to be the queen's wet nurse Sitre-In, was initially investigated as possibly being Hatshepsut herself.

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- A tooth found in a relic box led archaeologists to identify a long-overlooked mummy as that of Egypt's most powerful female pharoah -- possibly the most ...

For nearly a century, the “Screaming Woman” mummy found in Luxor, Egypt, haunted viewers with her open-mouth facial expression. Now, new evidence by researchers in Egypt suggest more harrowing ...

The tomb was first discovered by Howard Carter in 1903, but it had been ransacked in antiquity and he resealed it. It was re-opened in 1906 and one mummy was removed and identified as Sit-ra, royal ...

For nearly a century, the enigma of the 3,500 year old Egyptian mummy, forever captured in a silent scream, has baffled experts. Uncovered during the rule of Queen Hatshepsut (1479 – 1458BC) in ...

The woman — who was reportedly of noble descent — had reportedly been interred around 3,500 years ago in the tomb of Semnut, an 18th-dynasty royal architect to Queen Hatshepsut. Explore More ...