While Hatshepsut may have overseen the burial ... The newfound tomb was largely empty; archaeologists found that the mummy ...

describing his feelings about potentially finding Thutmose II’s true mummy once they finish excavating the second tomb. Thutmose II is best known for being Queen Hatshepsut’s husband.

Hatshepsut was Thutmose II's wife and half-sister who ascended to the pharaoh's throne in tandem with Thutmose II and then her son Thutmose III.

A mummy was publicly identified as Hatshepsut in 2007, but it's a little spooky, so here's a statue instead. Hatshepsut might not be as well known as Cleopatra, but she ruled over Egypt long before.

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