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Osiris II · Posted: Sat May 01, 2004 5:44 pm Post subject: King Tutankhamen's death

Whoa! Slow down a bit. All of this conjecture about who killed Tut is just that--conjecture. We have NO--zero, nada--evidence that Tut was murdered. The only thing in the least suspious is the particle of bone found in his skull. But even that may have been just a piece of the nasel cavity, which was pierced at the time of embalming to remove the brain. As far as any evidence of a blow to the head, there is none--only wishful thinking on the part of dreamers.
The fact I find interesting---the sternum and part of the ribs were missing, and the body showed evidence of starting to decay. What about this scene? There is some evidence that he led the army on some missions. What if he was killed in a fall from a chariot, and run over, smashing his ribs and crushing his sternum by a following chariot. If he was away from Egypt with his army, the body would be taken back to Egypt for burial. In the time it took to return to Egypt, the body may have started to corrupt. The sternum and ribs were so badly damaged, the priests preparing the body for burial removed and discarded them. After mummification was complete, he was buried in a hastily prepared tomb, that had been intended for another burial, but was pressed into service for Tut. With a couple of minor robberies, 99% of his burial was found by Carter in the 20th century. Only a theory, but plausible--more so than his "murder".

Sekhmet · Posted: Sun May 02, 2004 6:52 pm Post subject: Re: King Tutankhamen's death

PharoahKel · Posted: Mon May 03, 2004 1:00 am Post subject:

If Tut was killed in a chariot accident or even murdered, wouldnt it make sense that we would have evidence like drawings or writings about it? Thats what confuses me.
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anekhsenamon · Tomb Robber Joined: 07 Apr 2009 Posts: 3 Location: india

may be rebirth of anekhsenamun n she is in naw india :?
just think about it :idea:
after tuts death anekhsenamun was in love again with king rafretri but that information is not in net or sites whyyyyyy :?:

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Osiris II · Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 7:07 pm Post subject:

Sekmet, this is the official report of the CT scan:
http://www.egyptologyonline.com/ct_scan_report.htm

I stand corrected. There is NO evidence of any corruption of the body. The CT scan team was divided on if the missing ribs/sternum was the result of embalming or Carter. Other than the broken leg bone, there seemed to be no trauma--as in accident--to the mummy at all.
Although murder, as in a blow to the head, has been ruled out, Dr. Hawass said to me that there is always the possibility of poison. Any traces that may have been left in the corpse would be obliterated by the embalming process.
As he said, the body is that of a normal healthy young man--who happened to be dead!

Sekhmet · Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 10:45 pm Post subject:

Thank you Osiris, it is so nice to see you again. It is always an honor to be able to discuss something with Dr. Hawass.
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tnrees · Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 11:43 am Post subject:

Pharaohkel - according to Egyptian monuments no bad thing ever happened -to Egypt for example no Pharoh in history ever lost a battle.
Also we do not have many records for the period so if it was written down i.g. in records of a trial they would almost certainly have been lost.

anekhsenamon · Tomb Robber Joined: 07 Apr 2009 Posts: 3 Location: india

plz someone answer my question........?

wht about anekhsenamun..........how she die Question

everybudy is talking about king tut....nobudy is talking about anekhsenamun......why? Question

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Osiris II · Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:36 pm Post subject:

There isn't much to tell about Ankhsenamun. Her name was, originally, Ankhenpaaton, and was one of Akhnaten and Nefertiti's daughters. Married to Tutankhaton. When he became king, his name was changed to Tutankhamen and hers to Ankhsenamun. At Tut's death, it it thought that she wrote to the Hittite king requesting one of his sons in marriage, saying she "refused to marry a servant". The Hittite king sent a son, but he died before reaching her. She married her grandfather, Aye, thereby establishing his right to rule. All traces of her disappeared shortly after this marriage. Her tomb has never been located, nor any of her grave-goods. She MAY have been murdered, but it's more likely she died of the plague which was ravishing the area at that time.