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The mummified remains of Egypt’s first and most powerful female pharaoh have been identified by archaeologists.

They said the discovery was the most important since Howard Carter unearthed Tutankhamun’s grave nearly a century ago.

The much more modest resting place of Hatshepsut was also dug up by Carter - but no one suspected her mummy was one of a pair found inside.

The breakthrough came when a tooth known to belong to the queen but found elsewhere was matched to the much larger of the two bodies.

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