Egypt's King Tut likely died from complications of a broken leg that were exacerbated by malaria and had a club foot, an extensive study of his mummy and family suggests. In Wednesday's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, Zahi Hawass, of Cairo's Supreme Council of Antiquities, and his colleagues published their findings based on DNA tests and CT scans of 16 mummies, including of Tutankhamun and his relatives.Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Tutankhamun died of malaria?
Egypt's King Tut likely died from complications of a broken leg that were exacerbated by malaria and had a club foot, an extensive study of his mummy and family suggests. In Wednesday's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, Zahi Hawass, of Cairo's Supreme Council of Antiquities, and his colleagues published their findings based on DNA tests and CT scans of 16 mummies, including of Tutankhamun and his relatives.
