Wednesday, May 11, 2005

Tutankhamun killed by Gangrene

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/11/egypt.pharaoh/
"The discovery by Egyptian scientists puts to rest the theory that the teenage pharaoh was murdered by a blow to his head. 'After consultations with Italian and Swiss experts, Egyptian scientists ... have found that a fracture in the boy king's left leg a day before his death was infected with gangrene and led to his passing,' Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities said". See this short CNN article for more.

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