Carl Valdes February 1st, 2013 Periods 6and 7 Compare and Contrast King Tut

When King Tutankhamen was discovered by Howard Carter in the Valley of the Kings in November 1922, he found his tomb full all of King Tutankhamens treasures. But when Carter opened Tuts tomb he found a boy king who had a short reign over Egypt and died at age of 19. King Tut became a pharaoh at age 9 and most of his reign was fixing what his father, Akhenaten, did. But the real question is how did the boy king die, Murder or Natural Causes? Dr. Zahi Hawass, the minister of state for Egyptian antiquities, examined King Tut remains in 2005. Their goal was to figure out the ancient mystery of his death. Sadly he and his team of scientists discovered a boy king with a very bad broken leg. Some people think how can a broken leg kill someone well if you look at Dr. Hawasss XRays it show that his left femur had a compound break near the knee. Zahi said "Falling from the chariot made this fracture in his left leg, and this really is in my opinion how he died." The problem was back in the day a severe injury could really hurt someone or kill them. Some scientists think that King Tut may have been murdered by a blow to the back of the head. Egyptologist Bob Brier, Ph.D. of the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University, said Aye (no last name), or one of his associates, may have killed King Tut by striking him with an unknown object on the back of his head, perhaps while he was

sleeping. The reason that Aye might have murdered tut was because he wanted he power of a pharaoh, which he got as soon as King Tut died. Even though historians have different theories on the true cause of Tuts death, closer examination reveals that King Tut died of Natural causes. Dr. Hawasss CT scans show that King Tuts skull had almost no evidence of head injuries. In fact they found no damage at all in the back of the skull. They also scanned Tuts broken leg and found some embalming resin in the crack of the injury. As Stefan Lovgren of National Geographic Magazine says that The CT scan showed a thin coating of embalming resin around the leg break, suggesting that Tut broke his leg just before he died and that his death may have resulted from an infection or other complications. Which means Tut must have suffered from a very bad injury, which could lead to the cause of his death. In conclusion scientists have evidence that King tut had died of natural causes. With the recent advances of technology scientist have gotten more and more evidence that murder is not a possibility for how the boy king died. Historians and scientists can only begin to believe what king tut could have done to change the world if he didnt die at such a young age. But he, not as many pharaohs have gotten, King Tutankhamen has gotten what he deserved, Immortality.

Bibliography Brier, Bob. "C.W. Post Campus | Press Releases." C.W. Post Campus | Press Releases. N.p., 1997. Web. 30 Jan. 2013.

Stanek, Steven. "King Tut Died in Hunting Accident, Expert Says." National Geographic. National Geographic Society, 23 Oct. 2007. Web. 29 Jan. 2013.