An Egyptian archeological team is planning to test a 3,500-year-old mummy found at the Valley of the Kings in southern city Luxor to determine whether it belongs to Thutmose I, the official MENA news agency reported Thursday.
The mummy, discovered outside the tomb of King Seti II during the last century, will be moved to the Egyptian Museum Friday to undergo DNA tests and CT scans, Zahi Hawwas, Secretary General of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), was quoted as saying.
One of the most famous pharaohs, Thutmose I was the third pharaoh of Egypt's 18th dynasty of Pharaohs and ruled from 1,525 B.C. to 1,516 B.C.
The remains of two other mummies, which belonged to two women and had been discovered by Italian archeologist Giovanni Battista Belzoni in 1817, will also arrive at the museum on Friday, Hawwas added.
Source: Xinhua
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