--- In horizonaten@yahoogroups.com, "schooltobyblue"
<mbakers@...> wrote:
I do not understand why after all these years they found out now,
when she was there all along, I mean maybe we aren't to know
untill know, and is it really her I wonder?

>
> --- In horizonaten@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Mccarthy"
<sokar@> wrote:
> >I hope Hawass hasn't jumped the gun on identifying
Hatshepsut's
> mummy. He should have waited until the DNA tests are
completed before
> announcing the identification of Hatshepsut. Egypt supposedly
has the
> mummy of Hatshepsut's grandmother as well, which could
perhaps prove
> or disprove a familial relationship. Another question, how can
Hawass
> be positive as to whose tooth was in the container with the
liver?
> What if Hatshepsut's embalmers wanted to keep her identity
safe from
> tomb robbers? The smaller mummy is the one who had her
arm in a
> position that signified royalty. Lots of questions as yet
unanswered.
> Perhaps we will never know which mummy is that of the
Pharoah Hatshepsut?
>
> M.B.
> > Something of almost as great a significance was the side
comments about
> > Hawass approving DNA testing. Somethingh he has
previously been
> very much
> > against. Not sure much will come of it. Problem is taht so
many of
> the
> > mummy's are only flimsily identifed and were not found in
original
> coffins
> > and wrappings. Comparing the DNA of Hatshepset to
Thutmosis I will
> only be
> > useful if you are psositive about the identification of both
> mummy's. If
> > the test show no relation does taht mean that Hatshepset
was NOT the
> > daughter of Thutmosis or that one of the mummy's is
mis-identified. I
> > understand that all the organic unguents used in embalming
may well
> foul up
> > the DNA sequences.
> >
> > Mike McCarthy
> >
>