King Tut: A Genetic Analysis

King Tut was killed in an accident so Ankhesnamun wrote a letter to the Hitike king asking for a prince. When King Tut was found he had a blow to the back of the head, a broken leg, and his right rib cage was missing, I got this information from a video called How King Tut Died. The young king died far from home. When the Hitike king sent one of his sons to become king of Egypt he was killed at the border of the country. Now Ankhesnamun married Aye, which

Was caused by assassination and his Genetic Impairment. I believe that King Tut was assassinated by his successor, because of the research and evidence that was found. His Genetic impairment would make it that much easier to kill King Tut.

According to the Huffington post, being an inbred led Tut to many diseases such as bone disease, scoliosis, curvature of the spine, club feet, and Kohlers disease which probably weakened his immune system. (Huffington Post) This shows that the result of being an inbred led him to diseases. The diseases could have helped weaken his immune system and lead him to his malaria infection. Stated by National Geographic we know he fractured his leg before he died because it is filled with embalming, and that he was infected with Malaria through leg and it was fatal because there were no antibiotics. (National Geographic) This shows that he broke his leg before embalming. It also shows why his infection would be fatal. According to Zahi Hawasse, King Tut’s kneecap was detached and his le was broken which combined with malaria to kill him. (Hawasse 50) This shows where the leg broke. This can help with more knowledge about how his leg broke. Shown in the CT scans, King tuts fracture with the embalming over it is visible. (Radiological Society of North America) This is physical evidence that king tut fractured his leg. This also shows that it happened before he was buried which can help support this theory. According to Zahi Hawasse A CT scanner takes one picture at a time, in which you move the body for each picture so you can create a very detailed 3D x-ray. (Hawasse 48) This can be used to show how some of my evidence

King Tut became an king after his fathers death, he was believed to be between eight and ten years old. His father had changed the practices of religion, this angered Egyptians and priests. King Tut decided to get things back to the way they were, and he even relocated his kingdom to Memphis and Thebes. Most decisions were probably made by Ay, his most trusted adviser,

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.

I learned that King Tutankhamen came to power as a child and was heavily assisted in ruling by advisers. He likely used the same advisers as his father. This caused him to revert to previous religious practices changed by Akhenaten.

King Tut may have died suddenly but I have a theory. And three things that can support that theory. My theory is he was murdered by someone that was close to him when he died. Three people all have evidence of his death.Those three will be told of each of their stories.

Ominous, monolithic wooden doors, slanted backwards to accentuate their apparent height, swing slowly and automatically outward, beckoning the carefully counted herd of visitors into a darkened room lit only with eerie blue light trickling out of hieroglyphic sconces. Doors close behind, the lights dim - so begins the visitor’s journey among the treasures of ancient Egypt. Each visitor’s Egyptian immersion, however, started long before entering the “Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs” exhibit at the San Francisco De Young museum. The ancient Egyptian “mega-myth” – of grandiose and opulent Pharaohs, majestic, mysterious pyramids, sphinxes, Cleopatra, Ramesses, and of course King Tut – is deeply ingrained through popular

In the capital of Egypt I live with my crops and the fertile soil the Nile produces. The crisp warm sand is so beautiful and amazing for building. The Nile also provided transportation north and south. The pyramids looked so beautiful at night pointing into the stars. Farms cover the ground, providing a surplus of food for us to eat.

A second reason that king Tut could have died of natural causes, is the fact that it would not be that easy to commit murder on a king. For one, there wasn’t really a quick and easy way to commit murder 3,000 years ago. It was so long ago that guns hadn’t even been invented

3,000 years ago one of the greatest murder mysteries of the ancient world was born. That mystery is the murder of King Tutankhamen, or was it natural causes? I will be telling you why his death was not of natural causes but of a murder.

King Tut was born during the Golden Age in Egypt. He was thought to be originally named Tutankhaten which means “living image of the Aten.” It is also believed that he is the

Tutankhamun was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, during the period of Egyptian history known as the New Kingdom or sometimes the New Empire Period. He has, since the discovery of his intact tomb, been referred to colloquially as King Tut.King Tut was buried in a tomb in the Valley of the Kings. It is believed that his early death necessitated a hasty burial in a smaller tomb most likely built for a lesser noble. Seventy days after his death, Tutankhamun's body was laid to rest and the tomb was sealed. There are no known records of Tutankhamun after his death, and, as a result, he remained virtually unknown for centuries. Even the location of his tomb was lost, as its entrance had been covered by the debris from a tomb structure built

After the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922, scholars determined that although the cause of death is still unknown, he died when he was only 19 years old. Why did he die at such a young age? From that moment there have been many studies focusing on explaining his death. One hypothesis is that Aye could be accountable for Tutankamun’s death on the basis of jealousness, need for power and forcing his way into the throne.

Not all believed in the curse of King Tut and what it did.  Other did however find many reasons to believe in it. It is hard to decide which side of the story to believe, because both sides do have the evidence to make a case on each side.  The Curse of the Pharaohs actually started in the 19th century, but it really came into focus around the 20th century with the expedition of King Tut’s tomb, but there is still conflict about whether it’s real or just fiction.