Egypt
A set of links which provide more information:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-03/uol-flb031005.php
Robert Connolly, Senior Lecturer in Physical Anthropology from the University of Liverpool's Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Biology, is quoted discussing his analysis of one of the leg bones of Tutankhamun. He rules out death by infection of a breakage, and discusses a range of other possible causes.
http://guardians.net/hawass/press_release_tutankhamun_ct_scan_results.htm
Zahi Hawass's own page has an overview of the methods and results, together with some of the photographs from the scans, which are really quite interesting.
- Tutankhmun's Club Foot
New Scientist (Jo Marchant) "IT IS normal," Robert Connolly exclaims, poring over the faded pages of an obscure, decades-old book. Connolly has found an image that appears to settle the controversy over whether the boy king Tutankhamun had a club foot....
- More Re Challenges To Tutankhamun Findings
Live Science Timmann and Meyer said that if Tut had sickle cell disease, it would explain the condition of his weakened bones and how he could have died from complications brought on by the leg fracture. Because sickle cell disease causes red blood cells...
- Akhenaten's Toe Returned To Egypt
Middle East Online The toe of King Akhenaton, which was stolen in 1907 during an examination of the pharaoh's bones, was returned during a signing ceremony for an agreement with Switzerland over the return of ancient artefacts, the council said. "The...
- More Questions About The Jama Paper On Tutankhamun
Archaeology Magazine (Mark Rose) It was all settled. CT scans revealed that Tutankhamun had a nasty leg fracture, and in 2007 Zahi Hawass, head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, rendered his verdict: "He was not murdered as many people thought....
- More Re Foetuses From The Tomb Of Tutankhamun
The University of Manchester Two foetuses found in the tomb of Tutankhamen may have been twins and were very likely to have been the children of the teenage Pharaoh, according to the anatomist who first studied the mummified remains of the young King...
Egypt
More on King Tutankhamun Scans
A set of links which provide more information:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-03/uol-flb031005.php
Robert Connolly, Senior Lecturer in Physical Anthropology from the University of Liverpool's Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Biology, is quoted discussing his analysis of one of the leg bones of Tutankhamun. He rules out death by infection of a breakage, and discusses a range of other possible causes.
http://guardians.net/hawass/press_release_tutankhamun_ct_scan_results.htm
Zahi Hawass's own page has an overview of the methods and results, together with some of the photographs from the scans, which are really quite interesting.
- Tutankhmun's Club Foot
New Scientist (Jo Marchant) "IT IS normal," Robert Connolly exclaims, poring over the faded pages of an obscure, decades-old book. Connolly has found an image that appears to settle the controversy over whether the boy king Tutankhamun had a club foot....
- More Re Challenges To Tutankhamun Findings
Live Science Timmann and Meyer said that if Tut had sickle cell disease, it would explain the condition of his weakened bones and how he could have died from complications brought on by the leg fracture. Because sickle cell disease causes red blood cells...
- Akhenaten's Toe Returned To Egypt
Middle East Online The toe of King Akhenaton, which was stolen in 1907 during an examination of the pharaoh's bones, was returned during a signing ceremony for an agreement with Switzerland over the return of ancient artefacts, the council said. "The...
- More Questions About The Jama Paper On Tutankhamun
Archaeology Magazine (Mark Rose) It was all settled. CT scans revealed that Tutankhamun had a nasty leg fracture, and in 2007 Zahi Hawass, head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, rendered his verdict: "He was not murdered as many people thought....
- More Re Foetuses From The Tomb Of Tutankhamun
The University of Manchester Two foetuses found in the tomb of Tutankhamen may have been twins and were very likely to have been the children of the teenage Pharaoh, according to the anatomist who first studied the mummified remains of the young King...