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Old 02-17-2010, 03:18 AM
 
Location: North Carolina
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King Tut Felled by Malaria, Bone Disease : Discovery News

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Genetic tests reveal King Tut to be the son of the pharaoh Akhenaten.
The boy king was afflicted by several diseases, new tests also suggest.
The young pharaoh likely had to use canes to walk due to leg and toe conditions.
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Old 02-17-2010, 07:03 AM
 
Location: The Jar
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Great thread, with great information! Thank you for this!!
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Old 02-17-2010, 11:21 AM
 
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The bottom line is that in an era with no real medicine almost anything could kill you.
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Old 02-18-2010, 04:42 AM
 
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Lots more in pictures (including a recreation of what Tut would have looked like):

King Tutankhamun's incestuous family revealed | Mail Online
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Old 02-18-2010, 05:38 AM
 
Location: West Coast of Europe
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The important message is to avoid inbreeding, his parents were sister and brother...
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Old 02-25-2010, 07:39 AM
 
Location: South of Maine
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Thank you PA2UK, for the very interesting pictures of Tut. If his burial location had not been changed to a smaller, out of the way tomb, he and all his wonders may not have survived, and he would have remained unknown. By trying to dis-favor him...they really did him a favor!
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