Pointing out stories you may have missed: The mummy of an obese woman in her 50s who had rotten teeth and likely suffered from diabetes and liver cancer has been identified as that of Queen Hatshepsut, Egypt's most powerful female pharaoh, according to the country's top archaeologist. Hatshepsut, who ruled Egypt about 3500 years ago, was known for marrying her half-brother, dressing like a man and wearing a false beard. But a single tooth clinched the identification of the mummy, said Zahi Hawass at a news conference co-ordinated by The Discovery Channel. The discovery has been hailed as the most important find in the Valley of the Kings since the discovery of King Tutankhamun.News source: GlobeAndMail.com.
FOOTNOTE: Mummy’s buoy.
