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King Tut’s penis may help penetrate the mystery of his death

Even for an ancient culture who liked hollowing out, embalming and then bandaging their leaders’ corpses, King Tutankhamun was buried in a weird way. His heart was replaced with a scarab, he was covered in black oils, and his penis was mummified as if erect. One historian thinks she’s figured out why. Egyptologist Salima Ikram,…

io9 Rob Bricken Jan 3

King Tut’s Body Cooked While Inside the Sarcophagus

More proof of the mummy’s curse? A recent examination of Tutankhamun‘s mummified remains shows that it spontaneously combusted shortly after burial. It’s one of two incredible new insights into the life — and afterlife — of the world’s most famous pharaoh. https://gizmodo.com/why-is-this-ancient-egyptian-statue-slowly-turning-by-i-555160231 https://gizmodo.com/new-dna-analysis-suggests-nefertiti-was-king-tut-s-mom-5983662 There’s a Channel 4 documentary that’s set to air on November 10th…

io9 George Dvorsky Nov 4

New DNA analysis suggests Nefertiti was King Tut’s mom

A genetic investigation by French archaeologist Marc Gabolde is threatening to rewrite the history books on two of ancient Egypt’s most iconic figures. For years, antiquities experts have assumed that Akhenaten and his unnamed sister were the parents of the world’s most famous pharaoh, Tutankhamun. And in fact, recent DNA analyses suggested as much. But…

io9 George Dvorsky Feb 12

Hear King Tutankhamun’s trumpets played for the first time in 3000 years

Among the remarkable treasures found in Tutankhamun’s tomb were two ornate trumpets, one made of silver and the other of bronze. In 1939, BBC radio broadcast the trumpets’ music to 150 million people, and they’re now re-releasing the original audio. The trumpet music – performed 72 years ago by bandsman and soldier James Tappern –…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Apr 18

Do we have the right to violate King Tut’s medical privacy?

For the living, doctor/patient confidentiality is considered a basic right, something violated by only the most ethically bankrupt. Yet King Tutankhamen’s deadly diseases, incestuous habits, and missing penis make international headlines. Should researchers reveal all this intimate, embarrassing information? According to anatomist Frank Rühli and ethicist Ina Kaufmann, both of Switzerland’s University of Zurich, the…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Sep 13

What was it like to enter King Tut’s tomb when it was opened in 1923?

National Geographic has just republished an essay written in 1923, by a journalist who ventured inside King Tut’s tomb shortly after it was excavated – and told his tale with low-key swashbuckling flair. National Geographic correspondent Maynard Owen Williams journeyed to Egypt to witness the opening of King Tut’s tomb. He begins: Tutankhamen was the…

io9 Annalee Newitz Aug 26

Okay, who stole King Tut’s penis?

While trying to determine the cause of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun’s death, one researcher found that not all of the boy king’s parts were present and accounted for. There are many theories as to what killed Tutankhamun: malaria, inherited bone disorder, sickle-cell anemia. Another suggests that he suffered from a genetic hormonal disorder that causes elongated…

io9 Marc Bernardin Jun 28

King Tut died of sickle cell disease, say German researchers

Scientists from Hamburg’s Bernhard Nocht Institute are challenging the assertion that Tutankhamun died of malaria and injuries from a fall. The German team believes that Tut’s foot bones indicate sickle cell, a common disorder amongst Egypt’s oases inhabitants. [AFP]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jun 23

King Tut’s penis may help penetrate the mystery of his death

King Tut’s Body Cooked While Inside the Sarcophagus

New DNA analysis suggests Nefertiti was King Tut’s mom

Hear King Tutankhamun’s trumpets played for the first time in 3000 years

Do we have the right to violate King Tut’s medical privacy?

What was it like to enter King Tut’s tomb when it was opened in 1923?

Okay, who stole King Tut’s penis?

King Tut died of sickle cell disease, say German researchers

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