Unravelling Hatshepsut's Story

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Unravelling Hatshepsut's Story

A mummy said to be Hatshepsut, the most powerful female pharaoh in Egypt, has been identified. 

Discovery News' Kasey-Dee Gardner spoke with Egyptologist Kara Cooney to help unravel the story. 

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Move over, King Tut: There's a new pharaoh on the scene. A team of top archaeologists and forensics experts revisits the story of Hatshepsut, the woman who snatched the throne dressed as a man and declared herself ruler. Despite her long and prosperous reign, her record was all but eradicated from Egyptian history in a mystery that has long puzzled scholars. But with the latest research effort captured in this program, history is about to change. - See more at: http://feedfliks.com/movie/secrets-of-egypt-s-lost-queen/267176#sthash.oKqSRtYh.dpuf

Move over, King Tut: There's a new pharaoh on the scene. A team of top archaeologists and forensics experts revisits the story of Hatshepsut, the woman who snatched the throne dressed as a man and declared herself ruler. Despite her long and prosperous reign, her record was all but eradicated from Egyptian history in a mystery that has long puzzled scholars. But with the latest research effort captured in this program, history is about to change.