Hatshepsut's family was known to suffer from skin ailments. "A strong case can be made," said pharmacologist Helmut Wiedenfeld from the University of Bonn, where researchers say they have discovered a carcinogenic ingredient in a flask that contained skin balm used by the female pharaoh some 3,500 years ago. Once believed to have been assassinated, the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Hatshepsut may have died of another cause: Scholars in Germany say it was likely her skin lotion.
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