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i reckon after looking at the skull that he did have a smack around the head, be it accidental or not. It could have been caused by anything but there is definately an abnormality.
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well..ive always thought my bro had an abnormality..but hes still alive.. :
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The skull of Tutankhamen, along with the rest of his body, is the only royal mummy still in the Valley of the Kings. After Carter concluded clearing the tomb and after extensive examination of the mummy, the hacked-up body was reassembled (the body was dis-assembled to remove it from the inner coffin) on a bed of sand, and then returned to his original outer coffin, which had been replaced in the tomb. The only was to see the skull today is to view photographs.
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The skull of Tutankhamen, along with the rest of his body, is the only royal mummy still in the Valley of the Kings. After Carter concluded clearing the tomb and after extensive examination of the mummy, the hacked-up body was reassembled (the body was dis-assembled to remove it from the inner coffin) on a bed of sand, and then returned to his original outer coffin, which had been replaced in the tomb. The only way to see the skull today is to view photographs.
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auser, sorry for the double-posting! I made a correction in the spelling of a word, posted it, and the old message was still there.
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Yes, but those photographs and x-rays of the skull show an abnoral 'bump' at the back, possibly caused by a blood clot. What are your opinions?
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http://news.discovery.com/history/tut-pharaoh-blood-disease.html King Tut Died of Sickle Cell Blood Disorder: Study The new finding challenges past assertions that the famous pharaoh died of malaria. Wed Jun 23, 2010 01:55 PM ET | content provided by AFP
Legendary pharaoh Tutankhamun was probably killed by the genetic blood disorder sickle cell disease, German scientists said Wednesday, rejecting earlier research that suggested he died of malaria.
The team at the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine in the northern city of Hamburg questioned the conclusions of a major Egyptian study released in February on the enigmatic boy-king's early demise.
That examination, involving DNA tests and computerized tomography (CT) scans on Tutankhamun's mummy, said he died of malaria after suffering a fall, putting to rest the theory that he was murdered.
But the German researchers said in a letter published online Wednesday by the Journal of the American Medical Association that closer scrutiny of his foot bones pointed to sickle cell disease, in which red blood cells become dangerously misshaped.
"We question the reliability of the genetic data presented in this (the Egyptian) study and therefore the validity of the authors' conclusions," the letter said.
"(The) radiological signs are compatible with osteopathologic lesions seen in sickle cell disease (SCD), a hematological disorder that occurs at gene carrier rates of nine percent to 22 percent in inhabitants of Egyptian oases."
Tutankhamun's death at about 19, after 10 years of rule between 1333 to 1324 B.C., has long been a source of speculation.
One of the most common genetic disorders, sickle cell disease causes blood cells to take the shape of a crescent instead of being smooth and round, thereby blocking blood flow and leading to chronic pain, infections and tissue death.
The researchers called for further DNA tests on Tutankhamun's mummy for a definitive cause of death.
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