Hatty's Mummy has been found!

[eriadoc]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070625/sc_nm/egypt_mummy_dc_1

Sorry, it's not directly Civ-related, but interesting

 

[Slobadog]

Your right. Not directly Civ-related, but interesting

 

[eriadoc]

The BTS forum has been overrun by HRE threads, Poland Petitions, Boudicca lust topics, complaint gatherings, fallency discussions, polls and personal pet Civ/leader inclusion demands.

I figured it was better than all those topics, lol.

 

[Aramazd]

Wow this is interesting.

 

[Sir Janus]

She has a very large, fat body with huge pendulous breasts

That's not my hatty.

 

[Breunor]

That's not my hatty.

I think its not your HAtty. I think the speculation is that Hapshepsut is a differnt mummy found there. We will see what Hawass says.

This is MAJOR, MAJOR news in Egyptology. Its really huge. Hawass had denied the find originally, we will see what changed his mind.

WOW!

Breunor

 

[ParkCungHee]

That's not my hatty.

Yes but I think it will make for some new fanservice in the next patch

 

[Tristan daCunha]

She has a very large, fat body with huge pendulous breasts

If that mummy is Hatty, they will need to re-do her leaderhead!

 

[Psyringe]

This is MAJOR, MAJOR news in Egyptology. Its really huge. Hawass had denied the find originally, we will see what changed his mind.

That's exactly why I'm very skeptical. Finding Hatty's mummy is huge enough a topic for even a reluctant scientist to delude himself a little. Anyway, let's see what evidence he has to offer in today's press conference. My prediction is that the experts' opinions will be very divided afterwards.

 

[ParkCungHee]

This is MAJOR, MAJOR news in Egyptology. Its really huge. Hawass had denied the find originally, we will see what changed his mind.

Grrr. I always was jealous of people who study egypt get their own -ology. I want to be a Teutonologist.

 

[JesusOnEez]

I've just read in the news that our beloved Hatty has been found!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6244516.stm

Although it appears from our perspective that she's missing a fake beard.

 

[Psyringe]

I've just read in the news that our beloved Hatty has been found!

You should read the CFC forums instead of your news magazine. You would've known about it a whole day earlier.

 

[Psyringe]

Here's the result of the press conference:

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/06/27/egypt.mummy.ap/

DNA testing sounds pretty conclusive, as long as the inner organs that were used for cross-referencng can safely be attributed to Hatshepsut (which I'm currently not sure about).

Unfortunately (though not unexpectedly), CNN is a bit short with regards to the details that matter ...

 

[kristopherb]

does religion freakishness run in the family.

 

[StevenJoyce]

Here's the result of the press conference:

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/06/27/egypt.mummy.ap/

DNA testing sounds pretty conclusive, as long as the inner organs that were used for cross-referencng can safely be attributed to Hatshepsut (which I'm currently not sure about).

Unfortunately (though not unexpectedly), CNN is a bit short with regards to the details that matter ...

The New York Times article has more details on the testing:

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Egypt-Lost-Queen.html

They matched DNA from the mummy to DNA from Hatty's grandmother. They also matched a tooth taken from a box of internal organs labeled with Hatty's name to the mummy. The mitochondrial DNA tests are only preliminary at this point (regular DNA comes from both parents, mitochondrial DNA comes only from the mother, and the lack of mix-and-match over generations allows for more precise determinations of ancestry).

 

[eriadoc]

I think we should start a petition for the press to start referring to her as "Hatty"

 

[Mikey_rex]

For those interested in the history behind the animated figureheads...

The mummy of Hatshepsut has been found.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11464869

And because it's a forum/blog not a history reference... please bring back Babylon and the Iroquois!!!

 

[sabo]

Yep.. if you read a little further down the thread at http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=228804
someone already beat you too it

 

[MarkM]

was just coming to post the same -- you beat me to it!

here's another article & photo of mummy:

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/discoveries/2007-06-27-egypt-queen_N.htm?csp=34

 

[Thunderfall]

Wow, you guys are quick! I just saw the news at Yahoo and was going to post a thread about it, only to find there are 3 threads on this already!

I've merged the 3 threads into 1.