Most of us really love Discovery Channel’s series. When we have some spare time, we can switch to one of Discovery’s shows and learn about many interesting things, especially that science and technology evolved a lot in the recent period.

But, although the Discovery Channel became an expert in making common people understand all kind of interesting new theories and scientific facts, it also altered our vision on science. Most of us now tend to think that scientists’ jobs are just for fun. Watching Discovery also makes us tend to think that scientific tests and analyzes are made in just seconds and that being a researcher is not difficult at all. But it is not quite so and the most recent case of a 3,500-year-old mummy found by archeologists in June proves this.

So, back in June, a team of archeologists had found a mummy of a woman that seems to have lived about 3,500 years ago. After only one month, Discovery announced that the mummy was identified as having been the most powerful Egyptian queen of that time, although researchers are still analyzing DNA and other clues that could establish the corps’ identity. The famous television channel hurried up with this announcement, despite researchers’ current controversy.

Egypt is now running its own ancient-DNA lab, in a major step forward for this country, which for almost two centuries has seen foreigners take most of the credit for major archeological discoveries here.

The preliminary results of the DNA research indicate that the mummy is most likely, though not conclusively, the female pharaoh Queen Hatshepsut, who ruled Egypt for about 20 years in the 15^th century B.C. "I think the people at the Discovery Channel went way too much 'CSI,'" said biological anthropologist Angelique Corthals, referring to the popular “Crime Scene Investigation” TV series. "They think you can pick up evidence at 2 p.m. and by 6 p.m. you get results," added another scientist.

The mummy is now on display in a glass case in the Egyptian Museum’s royal mummy room.