Months After Mummy Claim, DNA Still Lags

December 22nd, 2007 in Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Months After Mummy Claim, DNA Still Lags (AP)

American tourists look at the mummy of Pharaoh King Ramses II, who ruled Egypt for about 66 years (1279-1213 BC), at the Egyptian museum in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2007. Egypt's first ancient DNA lab, funded by the Discovery Channel, is the centerpiece of an ambitious plan to identify nameless mummies and re-examine the royal mummy collection. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

(AP) -- Months after Egypt boldly announced that archaeologists had identified a mummy as the most powerful queen of her time, scientists in a museum basement are still analyzing DNA from the bald, 3,500-year-old corpse to try to back up the claim aired on TV.

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