Oct 27, 2014 · Despite the beauty of King Tut’s golden burial mask and his stature of Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, the 'boy king' would have been dealing with some serious physical impairments, new research suggests.

On January 6, 2005, the mummy of Tutankhamun (c. 1355-1346 B.C.) was removed from its tomb in the Valley of the Kings to be subject of a state-of-the-art non invasive CT scan, which gave evidence that the young king had suffered a compound left leg fracture shortly before his death, and that the leg had become infected, and did not support the ...

Mar 5, 2025 · The CT scan of King Tutankhamun’s mummy was a groundbreaking step in merging modern science with ancient history. It helped dispel myths, provided medical insights into the young pharaoh’s health, and brought us closer to understanding the life and death of one of Egypt’s most famous rulers.

Mar 9, 2005 · Scientists who've been studying the 3,300-year-old mummy of King Tutankhamen say computerized scans contradict the long-held theory that a blow to the head killed the boy pharaoh. British...

Jan 5, 2005 · A team of researchers briefly removed King Tut's mummy from its tomb Wednesday and laid bare his bones for a CT scan that could solve an enduring mystery: Was it murder or natural causes...

Mar 17, 2005 · Egypt's King Tutankhamen was not murdered after all, but rather died 3,000 years ago from an infected leg wound, said Egypt's leading Egyptologist and other experts after examining x-rays of the Pharaoh's mummy produced by a Siemens Medical Solutions' Somatom Emotion 6 mobile CT scanner.

Farouk Hosni, Minister of Culture, announced today that the Egyptian team has finished their examination of a non-invasive CT scan of Tutankhamun’s mummy. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, states …

Mar 8, 2005 · The results of a CT scan done on King Tut’s mummy indicate the boy king was not murdered, but may have died due to a leg injury, Egypt’s top archaeologist says.

Oct 22, 2014 · This CT scan of King Tut’s knee shows the brutal injury that likely led to his death. Photograph courtesy the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Egypt, and National Geographic . What conditions do archaeologists think led to King Tut’s death?

Mar 9, 2005 · A series of computed tomography (CT) scans of Egypt's most famous mummy indicate that bone fragments in his skull, which showed up in earlier X-ray studies, were not caused by an injury during Tut's lifetime.