Tutankhamen was an Egyptian Pharaoh. He was born 1323 BCE and died 1341 BCE (Than, 2010). There are many mysteries surrounding the death of the King Tut but could these mysteries lead to the truth of this young Kings’ death? .
“According to Sayre (2012), mummification was a process which took about 70 days to complete. After death, the body was transferred to the House of Beauty, where it was properly embalmed and the inner organs were removed, dried and coated in resin and either preserved in their own special containerscalled canopic jars or wrapped in linen and put back inside the body. The body is then stuffed with linen to hold its natural shape and then surrounded by bags of natron for 40 days. The entire process is overseen by the Overseer of Mystereries, God’s Seal Bearer, who served as the chief surgeon and the lector priest that …show more content…
Professor Harrison was asked to comment on the findings of the x-ray of the skull of Tutankhamun. He pointed out the presence at the base of thehead, close to the neck of an inexplicable density or dark area. This density could have been caused by a hemorrhage under the membranes overlapping the brain in this region. He gave his opinion that this could have been caused by a blow to the back of the head and this in turn could have been responsible for Tutankhamun’s death (Collins & Ogilvie-Herald, n.d.).” It is noted that the boy king was a keen hunter, he could have easily fallen off his chariot and sustained this blow to the head theory (Collins & Ogilvie-Herald, n.d.).
The second theory is, that Tutankhamun died from malaria. A DNA sample was taken from the remnants of the mummy of Tutankhamun substantiates the presence of P. falciparum and an infection with plasmodia of the pharaoh. There are some grounds that favor, that this medical condition caused his early demise (Tinnman & Meyer, 2010, p.
“According to Sayre (2012), mummification was a process which took about 70 days to complete. After death, the body was transferred to the House of Beauty, where it was properly embalmed and the inner organs were removed, dried and coated in resin and either preserved in their own special containerscalled canopic jars or wrapped in linen and put back inside the body. The body is then stuffed with linen to hold its natural shape and then surrounded by bags of natron for 40 days. The entire process is overseen by the Overseer of Mystereries, God’s Seal Bearer, who served as the chief surgeon and the lector priest that …show more content…
Professor Harrison was asked to comment on the findings of the x-ray of the skull of Tutankhamun. He pointed out the presence at the base of thehead, close to the neck of an inexplicable density or dark area. This density could have been caused by a hemorrhage under the membranes overlapping the brain in this region. He gave his opinion that this could have been caused by a blow to the back of the head and this in turn could have been responsible for Tutankhamun’s death (Collins & Ogilvie-Herald, n.d.).” It is noted that the boy king was a keen hunter, he could have easily fallen off his chariot and sustained this blow to the head theory (Collins & Ogilvie-Herald, n.d.).
The second theory is, that Tutankhamun died from malaria. A DNA sample was taken from the remnants of the mummy of Tutankhamun substantiates the presence of P. falciparum and an infection with plasmodia of the pharaoh. There are some grounds that favor, that this medical condition caused his early demise (Tinnman & Meyer, 2010, p.