The Hatshepsut identification seems about as certain as such things can be,
but silly me - I'd thought they actually fitted the tooth physically rather than
virtually!

However we still have three unaccounted for mummies. The evidence that implies
'Inet' is not Inet still holds so who is she? And what about Serene Lady and
Screaming Lady? Given their presence in the Deir el Bahri cache they must
have been royal and mummification technique suggests they are 18th Dynasty -
so who?

Screaming lady was elderly, so why would anybody murder an old royal lady?
Or could it have been an accident or even a muffed execution? Serene lady was
apparently not a queen, or was she mummified before the bent arm became standard?
Could these ladies belong to the troubled years of the early 18th dynasty, be
Ahmossids rather than Thutmossids?

Speaking of Ahmossids as opposed to Thutmossids; If A Nefertari's mtDNA really
does match Hatshepsut's that means either Hat's mother Ahmose was indeed her
daughter and so a child of Pharaoh Ahmose, (all these Ahmoses!). *OR* A Nefer's
daughter's daughter and so a possible child of Amenhotep I, despite her non-
use of the title 'King's Daughter'. *OR* she could be the child of the 'Royal
Mother Sensoneb and so Thutmose I's full sister meaning both were descended
from the Ahmossids on the mother's side. *OR* simply that they were more remote
maternal line relations - as no doubt were many of the Theban nobility.

Not terribly helpful really.....

It was nice to see the 'Feud of the Thutmossids' finally put to rest. Hat
clearly died a natural death at an advanced - for an AE - age. As her health
failed Thutmose III would naturally have become more prominent leading to a
peaceful transfer of power over time - which is supported by the continuity
between her administration and his.

Amenhotep II was young at the time of his accession and Thutmose had several
elder daughters. He might well have been concerned that Hat's example might
give them - or nobles backing them - ideas. Hence the destruction of Hat's
record as 'Pharoah'. Her monuments as queen were untouched as was her mummy.
The way Thutmose III saw it he was putting 'maat' right by demoting his
stepmother and co-regent. He believed she would understand - and maybe he was
right for Hatshepsut's defensiveness over her position - despite the absence
of any recorded opposition - suggests she was less then comfortable in her
pharaonic role.

BTW Neferure was being groomed to take her Mum's place as 'God's Wife' as
can be plainly seen by her regalia, not Pharoah. Thutmose III's position was
never threatened in any way. He remained Pharoah, co-regencies were well
precedented the only thing odd about this one was the senior Pharoah's sex.
As far as young Thutmose was concerned nothing really changed. He was still
Pharaoh and 'Aunt Hat' was still running things for him until he grew up.
By the time he was old enough to exercise power she was aging and ill. The
co-regency ended with her death in the usual way and he buried her with the
usual honors like a good 'son' and successor.

As for Senenmut; of course on can never be sure but personally I doubt the
'lovers' theory. A look at his monuments suggest a rather different personality
from the lover and svengali of lore. An aging bachelor, fond of animals, fillial
towards his family and devoted to his queen and her daughter who are clearly
everthing to him. IMO Senenmut wasn't a lover but a father figure, something
the young queen needed far more. BTW a statue base inscribed with his name was
found among the rubble of Thutmose III's Deir el Bahri temple suggesting a lack
of hostility there.