Tests Show King Tut Was Not Murdered

[davidinalameda]

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050308/D88MTED01.html

The results of a CT scan done on King Tut's mummy indicate the boy king was not murdered, but may have suffered a badly broken leg shortly before his death at age 19 - a wound that could have become infected, Egypt's top archaeologist said Tuesday.

Zahi Hawass, secretary general if the Supreme Council of Antiquities, announced the results of the CT scan about two months after it was performed on Tut's mummy.

Hawass said the remains of Tutankhamun, who ruled about 3,300 years ago, showed no signs that he had been murdered - dispelling a mystery that has long surrounded the pharaoh's death.

[nickinSTL]

1. I don't know all the details of this

and I've always been skeptical of the murder idea

But Zahi Hawass is...excitable, to say the least.

I sometimes wonder if his zeal gets in the way of his archaeology.

Not saying this is wrong, but I'm not about to go around quoting it as absolute fact.

[salvorhardin]

2. but...

was King Tut actually Johnny Gosch? :P