Notes

Claim = yellow Evidence = blue
Source #1  Claim: “pharaoh loved archery” Evidence: 1. bows/arrows found in tomb; 2. images of Tut hunting; 3. duck hunting in marshes (along Nile R.) was popular. (1-1)  died about age 25 (1-2)  5’6; thin nose; full lips (1-2)  autopsy could not reveal cause of death o no mortal wounds o no evidence of poison or disease (may have been destroyed over time) (1-3)
King Tut’s death is a mystery/unsolved
Source #2  Claim A: King Tut died from broken leg, (not murder) (2-1)  Claim B: CT scan showed not killed by blow to the head (popular theory) (2-2)  at age 19 died of Claim A: thigh fracture that became infected (leading to death) per international team of scientists (2-1)
 people believe in a curse re: Tut
 tomb (5,000 artifacts), near Luxor (Howard Carter 1922) 2-2  body damaged by archaeological team.  earlier theory (1968) x-ray: found skull fragment in skull: led to claim: Tut was bludgeoned to death.  Evidence B: latest scan: no skull fracture; showed two bone fragments that matched 1st vertebra near skull, not covered with embalming material (damage would have happened after embalming process); fragments maybe broken when body moved by team.  Evidence A: 1) CT scan revealed left thigh bone fracture o 2) thin coat of embalming resin around the leg break—therefore leg broke before he died + maybe complications, 3) no healing on the bone, o 4) no antibiotics 3000 yrs. ago, Claim A: probability of infection was high. (2-3)
Source #3
 claim: died of malaria and complications from leg fracture (3-1)  death: 17 – 19 yrs. (3-2)  ruled: 1336 B.C. – 1327 B.C. (3-2)  married to sister (3-5)
CT Scan revealed:  severe curvature of the spine (3-7)  oligodactyly (toe malformation) (3-7) o sitting in chariot hunting (unusual) o 100 walking sticks in tomb
CT scan (2005)  showed hole in skull caused during mummification (310)  fracture in left femur (left thigh) 3-10  DNA testing showed plasmodium falciparum (protozoan parasite that causes malaria)