DNA reveals some mystery on King Tut

DNA testing has unravelled some of the mystery surrounding the birth and death of pharaoh king Tutenkhamun, revealing his father was a famed monotheistic king and ruling out Nefertiti as his mother.

Zahi Hawass announced the results of the study involving DNA tests and computerised tomography (CT) scans on Tutankhamun’s mummy at a packed media conference in the Egyptian Museum.

The testing showed he died of malaria after suffering a fall, putting to rest the theory that the enigmatic boy-king was murdered. He was also shown to have suffered from a club foot and used a cane as a walking aid.

Hawass said what seemed as an injury to the back of Tutankhamun’s skull, which some had taken as evidence that he was murdered, was in fact a hole made by embalmers.

(source: aljazeera.net)