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King Tut Felled by Malaria, Bone Disease

Posted by Rossella Lorenzi Tue Feb 16, 2010 07:26 AM ET | 0

Tests also reveal the boy king was afflicted by many diseases and may have walked with a cane. Read more

Stolen Egyptian Relics On Their Way Home

Posted Fri Oct 9, 2009 11:44 AM ET | 0

France decided on Friday to return to Egypt five relics stolen from Luxor's Valley of the Kings and sold to the Louvre, two days after Cairo severed ties with the Paris museum in protest. Read more

King Tut's Father ID'd in Stone Inscription: Discovery News

Posted Wed Dec 17, 2008 05:21 AM ET

An inscribed limestone block may have solved one of history's greatest mysteries -- who fathered the boy pharaoh King Tut. Read more

Discovery News : Fetus Mummies Likely Were King Tut's Offspring

Posted Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:57 AM ET

Ongoing analysis on the mummified remains of two female fetuses buried in the tomb of Tutankhamun will most likely show that at least one of the stillborn children is the offspring of the teenage pharoah. Read more