The Wet Nurse of King Tut

Zivie, an archaeologist, found a chamber for a woman of ancient Egypt which is very rare. The mummy's name was Maya and with the hieroglyphs Maya was found to be King Tut's wet nurse. A  wet nurse is a woman who feeds another woman's newborn baby. This discovery is a big part of history's puzzles getting put together.

Maya was not found in the Valley of the Kings where most pharaohs are buried. She was buried where only very important mummies were buried. Many people think that Tut's sister was his wet nurse.

To identify the mummy, you compare pieces of the mummy that fell off with pieces of the mummy itself to make sure that the mummy in the coffin is really the mummy that is written on the coffin. Why you might have to do this is because a long time ago, lots of people only wanted to steal the coffin and not the mummy so they would move the mummy to another coffin. Since the mummies might be swapped, you would want to analyze the mummy and the coffin.

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http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/king-tuts-wet-nurse