Egyptian Art: Mummies

Researchers may have discovered the mummified remains of Hatshepsut, the female pharoah from 1474-1453 B.C.E.-ish. The piece I heard about it on NPR sounded more sceptical than either CNN or Scientific American.

Here's the coverage on CNN.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/06/27/egypt.mummy.ap/index.html

Here's the coverage on Scientific American.
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?alias=tooth-clinches-identifica&chanId=sa003&modsrc=reuters_box

Please note the massive amount of self-restraint I showed by not titling this posting: "I want my mummy."

P.S. Mary found more mummy news:

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/07/04/egypt.mummy.reut/index.html

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