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Managing Editor, NGM.com Rob Covey <![CDATA[Producer]]> Sabi Chawla Flash Developer Stefan Estrada Editing & Styling Nancy Gupton Researcher Elizabeth Snodgrass /2009/04/hatshepsut/quiz/hatsheput-valley-kings-470.jpg A craggy bay in the Western Desert embraces Hatshepsut's mortuary temple. Behind its crowning ridge lies the great rift now known as the Valley of the Kings, the royal cemetery that holds the entrance to her tomb. Photograph by Kenneth Garrett /2009/04/hatshepsut/quiz/hatsheput-mummy-470.jpg Recent tests identified Hatshepsut's mummy. Photograph by Kenneth Garrett /2009/04/hatshepsut/quiz/hatsheput-tomb-470.jpg A thorough cleaning by Polish conservators has revealed the vibrant colors that adorned the sanctuary of Amun-Re when it was first built at Deir el Bahri. Photograph by Kenneth Garrett /2009/04/hatshepsut/quiz/hatsheput-neferure-470.jpg Immortalized in black granite, Princess Neferure rests in the arms of her cloaked tutor, Senenmut. Photograph by Kenneth Garrett /2009/04/hatshepsut/quiz/hatsheput-hatshepsut-470.jpg A luminous face in painted limestone, from Hatshepsut's mortuary temple at Deir el Bahri. Photograph by Kenneth Garrett /2009/04/hatshepsut/quiz/hatsheput-temple-470.jpg Defying the attempts to erase her from history, Hatshepsut's obelisk, sculpted from a single block of granite, soars a hundred feet above the ruins of Karnak. Photograph by Kenneth Garrett /2009/04/hatshepsut/quiz/hatsheput-tooth-470.jpg Filling a blank on the evolutionary map, paleontologist Neil Shubin sketches the skull of 375-million-year-old Tiktaalik roseae. Photograph by Kenneth Garrett /2009/04/hatshepsut/quiz/hatsheput-wall-470.jpg When the recently discovered tooth exactly matched a gap in the fatter mummy's jaw, the mystery of the lost pharaoh appeared to be solved. Photograph by Kenneth Garrett 7 Excellent work. You really know your Egyptian she-king history. Your knowledge of Hatshepsut is better than average. Your knowledge of Egyptian history could use some help. You may want to try again. 0 The tomb in which Hatshepsut's sarcophagus was found The time in which Hatshepsut led Egypt The designation scientists used for Hatshepsut's mummy The pharaoh's headdress 1 1 In 1905, by Howard Carter By two young professors in 1955 In 2007, more than 100 years after its initial discovery In 2008, when a DNA sample was taken 3 2 Considerably more valuable More jewel filled Only slightly more grand Virtually nonexistent 4 3 Isis Ahmose Neferure Mikado 3 4 Thutmose III was murdered Hatshepsut had the boy imprisoned Hatshepsut acted as co-regent with the boy, and eventually took command Thutmose III was removed during a coup 3 5 Legitimize his stepmother as king Herald the monuments to her rule Portray her as a great military mind Erase records of her rule as pharaoh from history 4 6 She was killed by her stepson Complications of liver disease An infection caused by an abscessed tooth She was imprisoned and left to die 3