TUTANKHAMUN’s cause of death is one of the world’s great mysteries – but it may finally have been solved following a breakthrough in technology available to archaeologists, Dr Zahi Hawass exclusively revealed to Express.co.uk.
Tutankhamun was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh who was the last of his royal family to rule at the end of the 19th Dynasty during the New Kingdom. Known as “the boy king,” he inherited the throne at just nine years old and mysteriously died less than a decade later, with his legacy seemingly wiped from the face of the planet, leading many to claim he was murdered. When Howard Carter discovered Tutankhamun’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings, it received worldwide interest as the pharaoh’s body was discovered alongside 5,000 artefacts in 1922.
A 1968 X-ray showed two bone fragments inside the pharaoh’s skull, leading many to theorise that King Tut was murdered by a blow to the head, but this idea has been scrutinised over the years.
Famous Egyptian archaeologist Dr Zahi Hawass has finally put an end to all speculation thanks to new DNA and scanning technology.
He told Express.co.uk exclusively: “We now know, we made a test with DNA and CT scan and we found out that Tutankhamun was not murdered – this is very important.
“But we found out he actually had a fracture in the left leg.
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