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What Killed King Tut
By Live Science Staff last updated
King Tut died of a combination of malaria and a bone disorder, new DNA analysis reveals.
King Tut's Mummified Erect Penis May Point to Ancient Religious Struggle
By Owen Jarus last updated
King Tut's father revealed in stunning facial reconstruction
By Mindy Weisberger last updated
An astonishingly lifelike facial reconstruction reveals the face of an enigmatic mummy who may have been the biological father of the renowned pharaoh Tutankhamen.
The real life of Tutankhamun uncovered in All About History 122
By Jonathan Gordon published
Inside All About History 122: Discover what Tutankhamun, boy king of Egypt, was really like.
What is the ancient Egyptian 'mummy's curse'?
By Owen Jarus last updated
Here's how the idea of a "mummy's curse" got started.
'Massive trauma' found on 1,000-year-old South American mummies
By Patrick Pester published
South American mummies were likely brutally murdered 1,000 years ago, and the evidence is still preserved today, a new study finds.
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