Mummy of Queen Hatshepsut Identified

The mummy of ancient Egypt's most powerful female pharaoh, Queen Hatshepsut, has been identified. The mummy has lain in the tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor where it was originally found in 1903. It was on the ground next to the sarcophagus of another female mummy, which later turned out to be that of the queen's wet nurse.

A few months ago, the unidentified mummy was brought to the basement of the Egyptian museum in Cairo for DNA testing. It was then that the mummy's DNA was matched with that of a tooth which was found in a relic box with Queen Hatshepsut's insignia. The tooth also fit perfectly in a gap in the mummy's jaw. The DNA also showed similarities with another mummy's previously identified as Hatshepsut's grandmother.

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25-Million-Year-Old Tree Frog Found in Amber

An almost perfectly-preserved 25-million-year-old tree frog of the genus Craugastor was found encased in amber (fossilized tree resin) by a Mexican miner in Chiapas state. Its age has been estimated to be such since it was found in layers of earth which were that old. Scientist Gerardo Carbot hopes to drill a hole into the amber and extract DNA from the frog, imitating what was done in the movie Jurassic Park, in which extinct dinosaurs were brought back to life. But he says the owner of the amber (who bought it from the miner) may disagree since it is a very rare specimen.