Carter discovered Tutankhamun's nearly intact tomb in 1922 after an intensive search. When Carter first arrived in Egypt in 1891, most tombs had already been discovered except for Tutankhamun's. After World War I, Carter found steps hidden under debris near King Ramses VI's tomb that led to Tutankhamun's burial room. Recent studies of Tutankhamun's mummy found that he had a cleft palate and mild scoliosis, and likely died from a combination of malaria and a broken leg becoming infected at the age of 18. There is speculation that a hidden doorway in Tutankhamun's tomb chamber may lead to another burial, possibly of Nefertiti.

2. Tutankhamen's nearly intact tomb, funded by Lord
Carnarvon, received worldwide press coverage. When
Carter first arrived in Egypt in 1891, most of the
ancient Egyptian tombs had been discovered, though
the little-known King Tutankhamen, who had died
when he was 18, was still unaccounted for. After
World War I, Carter began an intensive search for
“King Tut ’s Tomb,” finally finding steps to the burial
room hidden in the debris near the entrance of the
nearby tomb of King Ramses VI in the Valley of the
Kings.

4. • Tutankhamun was slight of build, and was
roughly 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) tall. He had large
front incisors and an overbite characteristic
of the Thutmosid royal line to which he
belonged.Between September 2007 and
October 2009,various mummies were
subjected to detailedanthropological,
radiological, and geneticstudies as part of
the King Tutankhamun Family Project. The
research showed that palate" and possibly a
mild case of scoliosis, a medical condition in
which the spine deviates to the side from the
normal position.

5. • It was believed that he was murdered or assassinated
for some of the reasons.A CT scan taken in 2005 showed
that he had suffered a compound left leg fracture shortly
before his death, and that the leg had become infected.
DNA analysis conducted in 2010 showed the presence of
malaria in his system, leading to the belief that malaria
and Köhler disease II combined led to his death. As at
March 2018, there has been recent theory that
some of the tomb images of Tutankhamun leading an
army to war, depict truth, and that he died in battle in
Syria.There is strong suspicion that in the north wall of
Tutankhamun's tomb chamber is a doorway, blocked and
hidden by decorated plaster, leading to another chamber,
which may contain a burial of Nefertiti. There are plans to
investigate by drilling a narrow hole through the supposed
blockage and sending a camerathrough it.

6. Medical scientists used a “state-of-the- art CAT-
scanner” to perform initial radiological analysis on
Tut Scientists may have discovered Tut ’s cleft palate
and club foot using X-ray scans.
Scientists also used bore needles to collect
samples. Those samples – which were particularly
well-preserved thanks to the ancient Egyptians’
masterful mummification – contain the real
treasure for scientists: DNA.

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