Dentistry Identifies First Female Pharaoh Hatshepsut

The Earthly remains of the female Pharaoh Ma'at-ka-Ra Hatshepsut, whose fame is rivaled only by Cleopatra in the Egyptian world, have finally been identified.

So who is Hatshepsut? According to touregypt.net, she was the middle child of Thuthmose I and Ahmes.  Upon Her father's death, her half brother Thuthmose II took both the thrown and Hatshepsut as his wife.  Thuthmose II soon died, and his young son Thuthmose III became Pharaoh.  However, after a number of years Hatshepsut proclaimed herself as Pharaoh before her half son could take the thrown, sporting a royal headdress and false beard.

Hatshepsut ruled for twenty years, until she mysteriously 'disappeared'.  The half son she took the thrown from had reclaimed his title, and it is not known whether he murdered Hatshepsut.

How did they do it? With a tooth.  Zahi Hawass and his team in Egypt performed a CT scan of a two previously discovered mummies, either thought to belong to Hatshepsut.  There was also a box contained a tooth with Hatshepsut's name inscribed into it, but which mummy it belonged to remained a mystery.  However, after the CT scan Hawass was able to match the tooth with great precision to a missing mummy molar...