The cause of the death of King Tutlukhamun has been discussed for more than a century, but a DNA analysis experts brought the child closer to understanding what killed the king of the child.
After analyzing King Tut’s ruins, the researchers found genetic evidence to claim that he had met the timeless end due to partially repeated malaria seizures.
This mosquito -induced disease can be treated today, but the king has become deadly more than 3,300 years ago.
Tim Batty, General Manager of Tutlukhamun exhibition, said in January: ‘The tests show that Tutlukhamun is infected with malaria who may have killed him.’
The analysis also detected King Tut’s grandmother and grandfather as Pharaoh Amenhotep III and queen Tiye.
Batty, “ This, Tutlukhamun’un life and death surrounding another part of the big puzzle, ” he said.
A separate DNA analysis concluded Children’s king was a relative productThis caused him to develop various health status that may have contributed to his short life.
King Tut only directed Egypt for nine years before he died at the age of 18. Although his reign was short -lived, he continues to be one of the most famous pharaohs in history due to the sensational discovery of his grave in 1922.
For more than a century, Egyptologists have discussed the cause of King Tut’s death. However, a DNA analysis brought them closer to understanding what killed the child king
A separate DNA analysis concluded that Boy King is a product of a relative -breeding product that caused him to develop several health conditions that may have contributed to his short life. In the picture, a recreation of how King Tut looks
This excavation, conducted by British archaeologist Howard Carter, revealed the almost intact of King, with more than 5,000 works.
It is difficult to determine the cause of death of a mummified person, the deterioration of the remains over time and the mummification process itself is difficult to remove all organs except the heart.
However, DNA can reveal clues about the health history of a mummified person.
National Research Center, Cairo University Faculty of Medicine and two German DNA Specialists’ study.
In 2000, the team took tissue samples from several mummified residues and announced the findings this year.
RECOMMENDED RESULTS This king was the son of the anonymous mummy in the grave in the valley of the kings KV55. His mother was also anonymous, probably buried in the grave KV35.
‘Unfortunately, since the mummies in KV55 and KV35 are not positively defined in traditional archaeological means, only Tut Tut Tut Tut Tut Tutlukhamun’s father can be defined by “reverse engineering” that argues that Herhic Pharaoh Akhenaten.
It can still be possible To connect Tutlukhamun with the mummy in KV55 by DNA, but it is unlikely to define the mummy.
King Tut only directed Egypt for nine years before he died at the age of 18. Although his reign was short -lived, he continues to be one of the most famous pharaohs in history due to the sensational discovery of his grave in 1923.
“In addition to genetic information about Tut’s family connections, DNA tests have revealed more information such as DNA tests, diseases that may have been affected by Tutlukhamun, and hereditary problems,” he said.
‘Malaria only contributes to many possible causes of death.’
In 2014, a BBC documentary, ‘Tutlukhamun: The Truth has been announced’, also reappeared by focusing on a DNA The analysis of King Tut’s parents were the brothers.
Experts believed that King Tut was the son of Pharaoh Akhenaten, known for changing the religion of Egypt with a monotheistic belief that worshiped the Multaneri religion of Egypt.
The identification of his mother is still a matter of debate, but academicians often acknowledge that Queen Nefertiti (Akhenaten’s primary wife) is a less known character known as the Queen Kiya (one of his sisters) or ‘young lady’.
The young lady is a mummy buried in the valley of the kings in 1898. Experts are still not sure of their true identity, but the DNA analysis of their remnants may be King Tut’s mother and Akhenaten’s biological sister.
‘They turned out to be brothers, it was a big surprise for us. Many incests were … They didn’t want to allow the royal and non -royal blood mixture, so they tried to keep him in the royal family, ” he said.
The findings were initially published in the 2010 issue. American Medical Association Magazine (Jama).
The researchers reached this ‘unexpected’ after analyzing the DNA of 11 mummies believed to be related to King Tut.
In ancient Egypt, raising relatives in royal families was extremely common. However, this practice significantly increased the risk of genetic disease and birth defects.
‘He was identified in various pathologies such as Köhler Disease II,’ Study, ‘none would cause death alone.’
The disease is a rare bone disorder of feet that restrict blood flow to bone tissue and cause necrosis.
The more investigation of King Tut’s ruins, including IT scans, claimed that there was really a necrosis of the left foot and that there were several walks in his grave.
The researchers described the combined effect of King Tut’s necrosis and malaria infections as the most likely cause of death.
“The gait disorder and malaria disease carried out by Tutlukhamun, the discovery of the cane and is supported by a pharmacy in the grave of the grave, ‘they wrote in their reports.
However, since the publication of this study, other experts have challenged their findings.
In 2022, French Egyptian Marc Gabolde said that King Tut’s mother believes that Akhenaten was actually his cousin and his wife’s wife Nefertiti.
Referring to the 2010 study during a speech at Harvard University, Gabolde said that the genetic overlap between King Tut’s parents does not necessarily mean that they are male and sisters.
Authorized, the first cousins can be caused by three generations of marriage in a row.
‘As a result, the DNA of the third generation between the cousins resembles the DNA between a male and sister,’ Gabolde said Lifeguard.
‘I believe that Tutlukhamun is the son of Akhenaten and Nefertiti, but Akhenaten and Nefertiti are cousins.’
However, Zahi Hawass, former President of the Ministry of Tourism and Antiques of Egypt, pioneered the 2010 study, argued that this claim contradicted the facts of DNA analysis and that there was no other evidence to support it.
