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Who Killed Tutankhamen?


Sat 24 Nov 2018 | 12:58 PM
Ali Abu Dashish

The death of the Golden Pharaoh Tutankhamen is one of the mystique riddles of Ancient Egypt as various Egyptologists believe that the king was assassinated and they coined his murder as a 3000-year-old conundrum of history.

Naturally, various suspects are accused of the crime including ‘Hur Moheb,’ the Chief Commander of the army who later became the Pharaoh of Egypt after Tutankhamen’s successor Pharaoh ‘Ay’ passed away.

Archaeologist Dr. Zahi Hawass recounted that the strangest incident related to the enigma of whether or not Tutankhamen was killed was a surprise visit of an FBI Agent from New York, along Discovery Channel, to solve the mystery and uncover the truth.

“I could not keep myself from laughing while listening to the agent who travelled all the way to Egypt with a case file to find out a mystery of what he manifested as a crime committed 3000 years ago!,” added Hawass.

Hawass stressed that the officer was committed to his allegations. He even proposed a conclusive evidence based on a hole at the back of Tut’s skull claiming that the king was struck by an axe.

The officer accused three suspects; Pharaoh ‘Semenkh Ka Ra,’ Commander ‘Hur Moheb’ and Pharaoh ‘Ay’. His argument was that Tut’s skull is completely empty except for simple accumulations of dark matter, often from the resin used in embalming and a part of a bone.

“Dr. Harrison, the British who examined the mummy of Tutankhamen, said that the king was killed after being struck by a sharp tool at the back of the head. The doctor also discovered a fracture in the rib cage and absence of some bones,” elaborated Hawass.

Furthermore, one researcher suggested that Tutankhamen incurred a fatal injury in a military vehicle accident which left him with a thoracic fragmentation and an injury in his left jaw, deducing that the pharaoh was treated partially.

“Because of all this confusion, the Egyptian scientific team under my supervision embarked on studying the mummy of Tutankhamen using the latest CT scan,” said Hawass.

The team has proven conclusively that the hole was not because of an axe, but the mummification team of the 18th family made this aperture to insert the necessary fluids and embalming materials into the skull.

“Our finding is one of the most important discoveries that confirm the innocence of ‘Semenkh Ka Ra,’ ‘Hur Moheb’ and ‘Ay’ from Tutankhamen’s blood.”

The team also unleashed a fracture on the left foot of Tut that was a result of an incident the king was subjected to shortly before his death. “The little pharaoh also had problems walking, blood did not reach his toes and was diagnosed with malaria.”

“We therefore believe that Tutankhamen fell off while driving a military wheel on a hunting trip in the desert of Memphis near his royal retreat next to the Pyramids of Giza.”

With respects to the accident and his health problems, Tut passed away before his twenties. “Reckoning on our findings, we were able to close the file of the alleged case forever,” concluded Hawass.