"Egypt's King Tut likely died from complications of a broken leg that were exacerbated by malaria and had a club foot, an extensive study of his mummy and family suggests," reports the CBC. "The new study shows the pharaoh was weakened by congenital illnesses and succumbed to complications from a broken leg aggravated by severe malaria, based on the finding of DNA from a malaria parasite — the oldest genetic proof of malaria in well-dated mummies, according to an editorial that accompanies the study. Historians had speculated he had been murdered in a power struggle, but a CT scan in 2005 ruled out foul play as the cause of his death." READ MORE
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Mysterious Death of King Tut Solved!
"Egypt's King Tut likely died from complications of a broken leg that were exacerbated by malaria and had a club foot, an extensive study of his mummy and family suggests," reports the CBC. "The new study shows the pharaoh was weakened by congenital illnesses and succumbed to complications from a broken leg aggravated by severe malaria, based on the finding of DNA from a malaria parasite — the oldest genetic proof of malaria in well-dated mummies, according to an editorial that accompanies the study. Historians had speculated he had been murdered in a power struggle, but a CT scan in 2005 ruled out foul play as the cause of his death." READ MORE
