DNA Sheds Light on King Tut's Life and Death
The most famous of all pharaohs was a frail and sickly king who walked with a cane and suffered
from a painful bone disease and a club foot. But it may have been a severe case of malaria that
finally killed him, according to groundbreaking new genetic analysis.
A team of researchers from Egypt, Germany and Italy also developed a definitive family tree for
King Tutankhamun, including the identity of his father and grandparents and the two still-born
fetuses found in his tomb. The genealogy also confirms that Tut's family was largely the product
of in-breeding.
Tutankhamun was only 19 when he died, circa 1324 BC, after a nine-year reign over Egypt's New Kingdom.
His death marked the end of his family's 200-year rule, which was then replaced by a military regime.
disputed. These tests confirm that his father was Akhenaten, a revolutionary pharaoh known for
introducing monotheistic religion. Tut's mother, whom many speculate was Queen Nefertiti, remains
unidentified -- still known as Mummy KV35YL. DNA analysis has yet to identify KV35YL but did conclude
that the unnamed mummy is the sister of Akhenaten, as well as his mating partner.Some also speculated
that Queen Tiye, a wife of Akhenaten whose body was also embalmed alongside Tut's, was the young
pharaoh's mother. In fact, the tests revealed, she was his grandmother.The two still-born bodies in Tut's tomb,
once thought to have been his half-siblings, have been identified as his children.
How true or correct are these genetic analysis
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The most famous of all pharaohs was a frail and sickly king who walked with a cane and suffered
from a painful bone disease and a club foot. But it may have been a severe case of malaria that
finally killed him, according to groundbreaking new genetic analysis.
A team of researchers from Egypt, Germany and Italy also developed a definitive family tree for
King Tutankhamun, including the identity of his father and grandparents and the two still-born
fetuses found in his tomb. The genealogy also confirms that Tut's family was largely the product
of in-breeding.
Tutankhamun was only 19 when he died, circa 1324 BC, after a nine-year reign over Egypt's New Kingdom.
His death marked the end of his family's 200-year rule, which was then replaced by a military regime.
disputed. These tests confirm that his father was Akhenaten, a revolutionary pharaoh known for
introducing monotheistic religion. Tut's mother, whom many speculate was Queen Nefertiti, remains
unidentified -- still known as Mummy KV35YL. DNA analysis has yet to identify KV35YL but did conclude
that the unnamed mummy is the sister of Akhenaten, as well as his mating partner.Some also speculated
that Queen Tiye, a wife of Akhenaten whose body was also embalmed alongside Tut's, was the young
pharaoh's mother. In fact, the tests revealed, she was his grandmother.The two still-born bodies in Tut's tomb,
once thought to have been his half-siblings, have been identified as his children.
How true or correct are these genetic analysis
get the full story and artical click links below
http://www.aolnews.com/world/articl...ight-on-king-tuts-life-lineage-death/19354862