Discovery of Queen's Hasheptsut's mummy, presser

Описание: (27 Jun 2007) SHOTLIST
Cairo - 27 June, 2007
1. Wide of exterior of Egyptian Museum in Cairo
Cairo - 27 June, 2007
2. Close-up of head of mummy of Queen Hatshepsut
Cairo - 27 June, 2007
3. Pull-out from close-up of head of mummy of Queen Hatshepsut
4. Tilt-down from photographer taking photograph to mummy of Queen Hatshepsut
5. Wide of mummy of Queen Hatshepsut's wet nurse Sitre-In
6. Zoom-in to close-up of face of mummy of Sitre-In
Cairo - 27 June, 2007
7. Close-up of face of mummy of Sitre-In
Cairo - 27 June, 2007
8. Tilt-down of Egypt's antiquities chief Zahi Hawass looking at mummy of Queen Hatshepsut
9. Wide of glass cases containing the two mummies, surrounded by media and officials
10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Zahi Hawass, Head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities:
"We put all the artifacts of Hatshepsut's under the CT (Computerised (Axial) Tomography) scan machine. In this box every Egyptologist believes that it is the liver of the Queen. It has the throne name of Queen Hatshepsut. Then we put it under the CT scan machine and we found out that it has the stomach plus the liver, and we found one tooth inside that box. Doctor Ashraf Selim and Doctor Bahairy where able to identify that tooth with the upper part of that mummy that is in cave 60, that was removed two months ago from the valley of the kings. And you know about tooth and teeth, it's like, it is identified with the person and therefore that tooth exactly fits with the mummy that we found in cave 60. This lady was fat, she died in the age of 50, she had diabetes and she died because of cancer."
Cairo - 27 June, 2007
10. Close-up of head of mummy of Queen Hatshepsut, pull-out to show media looking at mummy
11. Cutaway of media surrounding mummy
Cairo - 27 June, 2007
12. Pan down length mummy of Queen Hatshepsut
13. Pan across mummy of Sitre-In
14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Zahi Hawass, Head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities:
"I can say that this is (the) most important discovery after the discovery of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings."
Cairo - 27 June, 2007
15. Tilt-up of two mummies in glass cases covered in Egyptian flags
FILE: Near Luxor - 10 February, 2006
16. Wide pan of Valley of the Kings
17. Mid of entrance to tomb of King Tutankhamun
FILE: Near Luxor - 28 June, 2006
18. Wide of Valley of the Kings
STORYLINE:
Using DNA analysis and an ancient tooth, Egyptian authorities on Wednesday identified a mummy found a century ago as the remains of Queen Hatshepsut, one of ancient Egypt's few women pharaohs and one of its most mysterious rulers.
The mummy was discovered in Egypt's Valley of the Kings burial ground in 1903 but was left unidentified at the site for decades, until two months ago when it was brought to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo for testing, said Egypt's antiquities chief Zahi Hawass.
Hawass told The Associated Press they were "100 percent certain" the mummy belongs to Hatshepsut.
Along with DNA probes, the scientific testing of a tooth found in a relic box containing some of the queen's embalmed organs was key to identifying the mummy as Hatshepsut's.
The molar perfectly matched a gap in the jaw of the mummy.
"We put all the artifacts of Hatshepsut's under the CT (Computerised (Axial) Tomography) scan machine. In this box every Egyptologist believes that it is the liver of the Queen. It has the throne name of Queen Hatshepsut. Then we put it under the CT scan machine and we found out that it has the stomach plus the liver, and we found one tooth inside that box," Hawass said at a news briefing at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo on Wednesday.

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