"Braided Lady" Mummy to be Examined

Here's another interesting article - Associated Press - September 20, 2008 7:14 PM ET WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - An ancient cold case has brought a leading Egyptologist to Wichita this weekend. Bob Brier plans to study a mummy on display at the Museum of World Treasures to see if she was connected to a 3,000-year-old murder plot involving an Egyptian pharaoh. Brier, a Long Island University professor, is sometimes called "Mr. Mummy" after a television special he made a few years ago. The mummy he's studying at the Wichita museum is known as the "Braided Lady" because of her hairstyle. Museum officials say the woman stood about 4 feet, 10 inches when she was alive and suffered from a curvature of the spine. But little else in known about her. Brier says he plans to closely examine the Braided Lady's teeth, bones and fingernails in an attempt to learn more about her life. Information from: The Wichita Eagle, http://www.kansas.com/ Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.