Hatshepsut the Female Pharaoh Was One Sickly Lady.

Hatshepsut, the female pharaoh whose mummy was recently found, turned out to be one sickly lady:

Preliminary examination of the 3,000-year-old mummy has now revealed that Hatshepsut was obese, had decayed teeth and possibly suffered from a skin disease.

‘Her mouth shows the presence of many dental cavities, periapical (root) inflammation and pockets,’ said Ashraf Selim, radiologist at Cairo University, who examined the mummy.

The mummy also showed signs of a rather disgusting skin disease on the face and neck, which, Selim believes, might have added to Hatshepsut’s health problems.

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Here’s a picture of the mummy, if you’d like to see it: Link