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...King Tut's Curse: Malaria...
...long been known that the legendary Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamen died at age 19 around 1324 B.C., the cause of his death has remained a mystery since his tomb was unearthed in 1922. A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that King Tut most likely died after a severe bout of malaria and complications from a leg fracture. The evidence, obtained through DNA testing performed by Egyptian, German and Italian researchers, would explain the hundred or so walking sticks found in Tut's tomb and contradicts earlier theories that he was murdered...
...also showed that feminized artistic depictions of Tutankhamen and Akhenaten, Tut's father and predecessor, with breasts were only that: there was no evidence of hormonal imbalances that could have resulted in the real thing. The relevant areas of both mummies are missing, which has hitherto made it impossible to settle the question. (Tut's penis, however, which is present though not attached to the body, is "well developed," according to the paper, casting further doubt on the theory of hormone problems.) (See the top 10 medical breakthroughs...
...researchers' X-rays revealed, for instance, that several chronic disorders evidently plagued Tut and many of his relatives, including clubfoot, cleft palate and curvature of the spine...
Another mummy, known as KV35YL, was identified as both the sister of Akhenaten and the mother of Tutankhamen, meaning that Tut was the product of a brother-sister coupling. "She cannot be Nefertiti," says Hawass, citing another popular speculation that Nefertiti, Akhenaten's chief consort, was Tut's mother, "but she can be any of the five daughters of Amenhotep [Akhenaten's father...