Yeah, the Pyramid isnÂ’t in great shape, the tomb was looted and the mummy damanged. But still, a neat bit of Egyptology in my book.

Egyptologists have discovered the remains of a mummy thought to belong to a queen who ruled 4,300 years ago, Egypt's antiquities chief has said.

The body of Queen Seshestet was found in a recently-discovered pyramid in Saqqara, Zahi Hawass announced.

She was mother of King Teti, founder of the Sixth Dynasty of pharaonic Egypt. Her name was not found but "all the signs indicate that she is Seshestet".

Such old royal mummies are rare. Most date from dynasties after 1800 BC.
Historians believe Queen Seshestet ruled Egypt for 11 years - making her one a small number of women pharaohs.

Let’s be honest – usually the only female pharaoh we hear about is Hatshepsut. That there were actually eleven of them is news to me – and the fact that one was so early is even more surprising. Indeed, a little research showed ruling queens as early as the First Dynasty.

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