CT scan to locate Hatshepsut?
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CT scan to locate Hatshepsut?


http://www.gom.com.eg/gazette/tourism/tourism.shtml
"The Supreme Council of Antiquities is using CT scans to examine two mummies found by Howard Carter, who discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1903 in Luxor's Valley of the Kings, in a bid to ascertain whether one of them is that of Queen Hatshepsut."
The link to the page where this daily changing column is supposed to be held has been broken since I found the Egyptian Gazette's new location, so this tantalizing header paragraph is all the information that is available.




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