Tutankhamun: Now We Know Who The Mummy's Mummy Was

The Viscera Coffin of Tutankhamun, one of four made for the Egyptian king. Getty images

From The Independent:

Secrets of Egyptian boy king's lineage and cause of death unearthed.

His autopsy took some time to complete – more than 3,000 years, in fact – but scientists now believe they know why the Egyptian boy king Tutankhamun died, as well as who his parents and grandmother were.

After conducting an extensive analysis of the ancient pharaoh's DNA, which they gathered from his mummified remains, the researchers concluded that a combination of malaria and bone abnormalities contributed to his premature death at the age of 19 in 1324 BC.

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