Due to new testing on Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun's mummy, archaeologists now believe they know how the boy king died. Some have claimed Tut was murdered, but CT scanning shows that he most likely died from blood poisoning he contracted from a broken leg sustained in a fall from a hunting chariot. As Vice President Dick Cheney has proven, fatal hunting accidents are a real danger even today, so it's an understandable (if unglamorous) end for the famous ruler. However, who's to say King Tut wasn't pushed from that chariot by his murderer? The mystery lives on. Read all about it here.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Mummy Mystery Solved
