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Mummy of pharaoh's mum found
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January 9, 2009, Friday
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EGYPTIAN archaeologists have found the remains of a mummy thought to be that of Queen Seshestet, the mother of a pharaoh who ruled Egypt in the 24th century BC, the government said yesterday.
After five hours spent lifting the lid of a sarcophagus in a pyramid discovered south of Cairo last year, they found a skull, legs, pelvis, other body parts wrapped in linen, and ancient pottery, the government's antiquities department said.
Grave robbers ransacked the burial chamber in ancient times and stole the other objects.
"Although they did not find the name of the queen buried in the pyramid, all the signs indicate that she is Seshestet, the mother of King Teti," chief archaeologist Zahi Hawass said in a statement.
After five hours spent lifting the lid of a sarcophagus in a pyramid discovered south of Cairo last year, they found a skull, legs, pelvis, other body parts wrapped in linen, and ancient pottery, the government's antiquities department said.
Grave robbers ransacked the burial chamber in ancient times and stole the other objects.
"Although they did not find the name of the queen buried in the pyramid, all the signs indicate that she is Seshestet, the mother of King Teti," chief archaeologist Zahi Hawass said in a statement.
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