Post by rivertemz on Oct 24, 2014 11:01:46 GMT -5
King Tut Had A Club Foot And Other Deformities, New 'Autopsy' Shows
An international team of researchers studying King Tutankhamun are
reporting some surprising new discoveries about the ancient boy king.
The scientists say that a 'virtual autopsy' of Tut -- essentially a close analysis of a life-size image of the
king made from more than 2,000 CT scans of his mummified remains --
shows that he had buck teeth and a club foot as well as a girlish figure.
The findings, featured in a new BBC One documentary entitled "Tutankhamun: The Truth Uncovered,"
suggest a new explanation for King Tut's mysterious death.
What can you notice from his figure??
Yup a different depiction of him from what we're used to seeing, a lot may have changed in these last few years of research.
They may have taken steps backwards from white-washing Ancient Egyptian rulers.
But yet again, they've kept onto a look unfamiliar phenotype to the rest of African characteristics, can we settle with this?
Gayle Gibson, an Egyptologist who teaches at the Royal Ontario Museum and a contributor to the documentary,
told The Huffington Post that the new findings cast doubt on a popular theory
that the young pharaoh rode in chariots and died in a crash. Tut's foot deformity would have made it likely
that he walked with a limp and used a cane. That would have made it unlikely that he rode in chariots.
The new research also included a genetic analysis of Tut's remains. It confirmed previous
research suggesting that Tut's parents were probably brother and sister --
a pairing that could have contributed to his anatomy and explained the knee injury.
[Source, Read more in detail]
An international team of researchers studying King Tutankhamun are
reporting some surprising new discoveries about the ancient boy king.
The scientists say that a 'virtual autopsy' of Tut -- essentially a close analysis of a life-size image of the
king made from more than 2,000 CT scans of his mummified remains --
shows that he had buck teeth and a club foot as well as a girlish figure.
The findings, featured in a new BBC One documentary entitled "Tutankhamun: The Truth Uncovered,"
suggest a new explanation for King Tut's mysterious death.
What can you notice from his figure??
Yup a different depiction of him from what we're used to seeing, a lot may have changed in these last few years of research.
They may have taken steps backwards from white-washing Ancient Egyptian rulers.
But yet again, they've kept onto a look unfamiliar phenotype to the rest of African characteristics, can we settle with this?
Gayle Gibson, an Egyptologist who teaches at the Royal Ontario Museum and a contributor to the documentary,
told The Huffington Post that the new findings cast doubt on a popular theory
that the young pharaoh rode in chariots and died in a crash. Tut's foot deformity would have made it likely
that he walked with a limp and used a cane. That would have made it unlikely that he rode in chariots.
The new research also included a genetic analysis of Tut's remains. It confirmed previous
research suggesting that Tut's parents were probably brother and sister --
a pairing that could have contributed to his anatomy and explained the knee injury.
[Source, Read more in detail]
