King Tut Research Paper

Mystery

King Tutankhamun or King Tut for short is one of the world’s most famous pharaohs. King Tutankhamun ruled Egypt as pharaoh for 10 years until his death at age 19, around 1324 B.C. On November 22, 1922, Howard Carter disclosed a great piece of ancient Egyptian history that had been unknown for over 3,000 years (Sayre, H., 2008). Ever since this discovery has been revealed, the world became more fascinated with this young pharaoh death. One of the greatest mysterious of King Tut is why he died at such a young age. There are many theories found about how King Tut died at such a young age. Some popular theories include that Tutankhamun was murdered or he died because of a deadly disease. It was also significant, for his death meant the

Research has shown that in 1968, an x-ray showed that there were bone fragments in King Tutankhamun’s skull and believed he could have been beaten to death (King, 2006). There is also said that King Tut had suffered some massive trauma (National Geographic, 2013). Bob Brier, the world's foremost Egyptologists and mummy expert circumstances “the blow was to the protected area to the back of the head which you don’t injure in an accident, someone had to sneak up from behind” (King Tut One, 2001). This discovery led to a speculation that King Tut was assassinated. In 1994, Bob Brier, said Tutankhamen was murdered by Ay, a high-ranking officer (Datom R, 2001). The most likely reason for murdering King Tut may be because Ay could have been overwhelmed by Tutankhamen’s high status at a young age or Ay could have been very impatient to be crowned Pharaoh since Tutankhamen ruled when he was 9 years old and therefore had decades of years ahead until his death at an elderly

The US Medics, Todd Grey and Richard Boyer in 2005 re-examined the old x-rays taken in 1968 of King Tut and revealed new findings (Science Museum, 2004). The X-rays revealed abnormal curvature on the spine and the upper neck bones were fused of the young pharaoh. This condition is associated with scoliosis and a rare disorder called Klippel-Feil syndrome. This disorder associated with anomalies of kidneys, heart and nervous system (Discovery Chanel, 2001). Klippel-Feil syndrome leaves patients very flimsy with an increased risk of serious injury from a small push or minor fall. As a person who is falling and hits the ground, the brain thrusts forward and hits the front of the skull. This explanation would have clearly explained why there was a fragment on the inner cranial cavity of the skull; which rules out the theory that King Tut was murdered. A CT scan in 2005 revealed Tutankhamen had a broken leg and most likely an open flesh wound (ABC, 2002). This had led to assumptions that due to long exposure of the untreated wound of King Tut, an infection produced to a condition called gangrene. There were 130 walking sticks found at the treasure chamber of King Tutankhamen’s burial ground which obviously proved that King Tutankhamen needed the walking sticks as support to walk (Discovery