Awesome Science: King Tutankhamun died from broken leg made worse by malaria
February 16, 2010 / 45529
Scientists have finally discovered how King Tutankhamun died, nearly a century after the boy-pharaoh’s tomb was unearthed in Egypt.
A DNA study revealed today the 19-year-old died from complications from a broken leg that was exacerbated by malaria.
It also found the famous king suffered from a cleft palate and club foot and was a ‘frail king who needed canes to walk.’
Tut, who became pharaoh at the age of 10 in 1333 B.C, ruled for just nine years until his death. He was the last of the royal line from the eighteenth dynasty of the New Kingdom, one of the most powerful royal houses of ancient Egypt. Read more …
