Chapter 5: The Autopsy Of Tutankhamen

The work I chose to analyze was from a wall fragment from the tomb of Ameneemhet and wife Hemet called Mummy Case of Paankhenamun, found in the Art Institute of Chicago. The case of the Mummy Paankhenamun is one of the most exquisite pieces of art produced by the Egyptian people during the time before Christ. This coffin belonged to a man named Paankhenamun, which translates to “He Lives for Amun” (Hornblower & Spawforth 74). Paankhenamun was the doorkeeper of the temple of the god Amun, a position he inherited from his father.

King Tut's died because he had a diseases on his left foot and he also had malaria a diseases an insect that carries. The scientists found out when they did a CT scan which occured in 2005. They found out that King Tut had a broken leg that never got healthy, these findings explain why he had to use 130 walking sticks and canes that were discovered with Tut's

The ancient Egyptians were a civilization who were consumed with the idea of life and bringing life to death. The most notable illustration of this is idea of life in death is King Tutankhamun’s Death Mask. The mask itself presents an image of the youthful pharaoh along with its celebration of death in Egyptians culture. This mask represents the point of artistic and technological achievement in Egypt in the New Kingdom. It also shows use of symbolism and iconography of Egyptian high complex culture and religion. In addition, the mask was used to protect and aid his journey to the afterlife. It accomplished this beautiful representation of life and death by its style of elegance.

My overall opinion on how King Tut died is he got killed in battle. I think he got really mad at the Hittites, because the Hittites and Egypt were enemies.

Many people think that Tutankhamun’s death is to be caused by a hippopotamus, when others think of him dying from a major disease. He had ruled Ancient Egypt for around ten years (1334 B.C. to 1324 B.C.) until his mysterious death in 1324 B.C. at the age of nineteen (Nelson Ken, 2018). This riddle has became a crucial priority to the society. As Tutankhamun’s remains revealed a hole in the back of the skull, some historians and scientists concluded that he was assassinated, but is this true?

King Tutankhamun's death is believed to be of the the most fascinating mysteries in ancient Egypt. In an attempt to find an answer, plenty of different theories were created to explain how he died. It is however, believed that his death was caused by leg infection. Some popular theories include murder (by Ay and Horemheb) and as mentioned, leg infection. The question is, how did King Tutankhamun die?

Things that are valuable to us can be things that are old or that have family value and some of the values can also come from our memories. Some of the values that we have, might not be bought with money. There are many treasures in the world but it is all in the person.Everyone has a different perspective of what something valuable can be to them. When people who have the chance to get anything they want, they don’t seem to value everything they have but when you compare it to a person who doesn’t have the chance to get everything they find even the smallest things valuable to them.

The second theory is that King Tut might have died from a illness. Scientists did DNA tests on the remains of King Tut and they discovered that King Tut suffered from a bone disease called Avascular Bone Necrosis. This disease causes the bones to be deprived of their necessary blood supply. Some proof that he may have suffered from this is that in his tomb, they discovered many canes that he may have used because of his condition.

Tutankhamun is one of the most famous and instantly recognisable Pharaohs of the modern world, even though he lived and reigned over 3,000 years ago. The boy Pharaoh was born under the name Tutankhaten (`living image of Aten'), in 1345 BCE and died in 1327 BCE at the age of just 18 or 19, after only being in power for 10 years. Until archaeologist Howard Carter discovered his almost fully-intact tomb in the Valley of the Kings in 1922 CE, the Pharaoh was almost unheard of due to the common belief that he was a minor ruler, whose reign was of little consequence. However, after this discovery and subsequent discoveries due to excavations, analysis of his mummy and other historical evidence, opinions changed, so much so that today Tutankhamun is recognized as an important Pharaoh who returned order to Ancient Egypt after it was left in chaos by the political-religious reforms of his Father, Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten), and who would no doubt have made further impressive contributions to Egypt's history if not for his early death.

King Tut died from Malaria in his bone tissue and there's lots of evidence that supports it. Scientist have determined that King Tut had malaria combined with a weak bone condition. Maria was a blood condition that cause the organs to shut down in the body and that kind of what happened with the weak bone. According to the article from the NY Times, “Studies have shown that several other mummies had Malaria in their DNA” and they died. Malaria was a common condition in ancient Egypt. Scientist have now determined that King Tut had malaria combined in his bone tissue and his bones were weak.

In conclusion, there has not yet been a definite cause of death for King Tut, but studies and tests performed on the mummy body mostly point to infection as his cause of death. He died at a very young age, however the medications and technology was not there like it is today. There will continue to be studies and testing done, but there will always only be speculation because he died so long ago.

Nelson asserts that the rumor of the mummy’s curse was incited by the media soon after the sudden death of Lord Carnarvon. He compared the lifespan of all twenty-four men who went into the tomb, and found that the average lifespan was seventy years old versus the standard of seventy-five years. Silverman also states that he agrees with Nelson over the fact that the newspapers were the reason for the rumor, and that, even if this does not rule out the fact of a curse, there was not a curse on King Tutankhamun’s tomb. This supplements Luckhurst’s statement that the media was widely responsible for the curse and adds the detail that on the tomb of King Tutankhamun, which is widely renown for being the origin of the curse, did not actually have

The discovery of the tomb of King Tutankhamun has answered many questions and solved many mysteries about the life of people in Ancient Egypt. However, the life and death of the boy king is still a mystery itself. For example, one continual argument and mystery is how King Tut died. Although there are many opposing theories, King Tutankhamen died because he was already weak from genetic diseases, then broke his leg, which got infected and caused King Tut to die.

When Tutankhamen took power, he married Ankhesenamun, his half sister and the daughter of Akhenaten. It is known that the young couple had two daughters, both likely to have been stillborn. The first years of his reign were probably controlled by an elder

In Chapter three, Carnarvon and Carter find the tomb of Tutankhamen. It takes a total of six seasons to finish the excavation due to complications other than the site itself. These complications including workers that were untrustworthy, the government implementing new rules, newspapers fighting over who gets the story first, and natives upset with the foreigners excavating the site. Carter decided it was best to narrow it down to just one journalist to exclusively report the site, he chose the Times, which didn't go over well with other reporters. A few years later he decided to add a local paper that could report new news about the excavation the following day. In previous chapters there were issues of incorrect documentation of artifacts.