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2006-12-31 11:03:43 · 10 answers · asked by Thien T 2 in Arts & Humanities History

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Many archaeologists, scientists, Egyptian experts and Egyptologists have come up and debated on the mysterious king Tut's death with their own hypotheses with historical and archaeological evidences. They are still questioning each other how he died. Was it a natural death or was he murdered?

Some people say that the king may have died from a blow to the back of his head

Who killed the King? Was it Aye, the Tut's vizier and uncle who ascended to the throne after his death and married his wife? There is insufficient evidence that he is guilty. He was the high priest and was, moreover, the one who wrote Tutankhamen's negative confession.
Or was it Horenhab, the army officer who cooperated with Aye and became king after Aye? Horenhab usurped some of Tut's treasure and affixed his name to it.
Or was it either the king's own personal attendant or his cup-bearer who were the only people allowed to approach the back of the pharaoh and allowed to enter his bedroom without arousing suspicion as a part of their job while others could not easily approach the king's back?
28 years ago, an X-ray of Tut's mummy was taken by the anatomy annalist and a trauma specialist and they revealed that the king may have died from a blow to the back of his head while he was in his sleep. They said "The blow was to a protected area at the back of the head which you don't injure in an accident, someone had to sneak up from behind,"
X-rays also showed a thickening of a bone in the cranium which could occur only after a build-up of blood. This would indicate that the king might have been left bleeding for a long time before he actually died.
Other scientists suggest that the king was most probably hit on the back of his head-while asleep and that he lingered, maybe for as long as two months, before he died. On the other hand, there are also some people who suggested that this could not be the case because Tutankhamen had no enemies; on the contrary, he was loved by the priests and the population because he re-established the state religion of Amen-Re after the religious revolution under Akhenaton, and re-opened all temples. Moreover Aye and Horenhab would have had no reason to kill Tutankhamen because he was youth and did not hold authority.
Egyptologists and Travel Lovers' Committee (ATLC), an Egyptian non-profit organization carried out further research on the possible causes of his death. They revealed two pieces of literary evidence suggesting that Aye and Horenhab were innocent of Tutankhamen's document indicated that Aye was innocent of his murder. Also, on the pedestal of one of Horenhab's statues is a text in which he left a message to all Egyptians, indicating that he was not the man who committed the crime. He declared in writing that he was loyal to his king and carried out all his orders faithfully. He also warned any Egyptian who may read the text, told them never to trust them: "Egyptian brothers, don't ever forget what foreigners did to our King Tutankhamen", Horenhab wrote.

2006-12-31 11:09:48 · answer #1 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 1 0

Your question supposes that he was killed at war with the Hittites. That may not be correct; in any event, it is only one of several possibilities.The medical researchers and archaeologists who examined Tut's mummy discovered some evidence he died from a blow on the head; they also discovered, however, that he suffered from a serious disease that made him unstable walking.

There is a disagreement among scholars about the cause of King Tut's death (certainly he was killed from a blow to the head; but whether it was murder, or happened in battle, or accident, nobody has yet been able to figure out.

Here are a couple of different opinions: You be the judge:

Was he murdered?
King Tutankhamen’s death is mysterious and the cause of death has not yet been figured out. To some, it was a fatal accident, to others it was an unforgettable murder. Surely it was murder, because of damage and a blood clot found in his skull, but who murdered him is the puzzling question. Anybody that had contact with the king could be accused or at least questioned. . . . .
. . . . . . . . .
Tut was not murdered:
I don’t think King Tutankhamen was murdered. First there is not enough
evidence. In fact there is more evidence pointing toward the fact that it was an accident. Second he had a spine disease, Klipple Feil Syndrome, (KFS), that made him physically unstable (as in hard to balance himself.) Third the blow to his head could have been from anything.

There just isn’t enough evidence to support murder. First the bone chip in his head doesn’t mean murder, you jump-to-conclusioners. It could have been an accident; a chariot fall, a battle hit, or he tripped and fell. Also he had a spine disease; how could a murderer give him that? Evidence suggests he died a slow painful death. Why would a murderer kill him slowly? You see there just isn’t enough evidence to support it.

Tut had a spine disease called Klipple Feil Syndrome, which made his head feel like it was on a broomstick. His neck and back were stiff and he had difficulty moving freely. If he fell it could have been fatal. He probably did fall down trying to move around and since he had KFS the spine bones broke apart. That is another possibility.


Lastly, if he did die from a blow to the head it doesn’t mean it was intentional. Like in the KFS example he could have fallen and hit his head. Maybe he was hit in a battle. Or the archaeologists might have handled him badly. The mask that surrounded Tut’s head was removed under anxious hands, who were more excited to see the mummy than to take care not
to harm it.

There is not enough physical proof to support murder as the only opinion. These are only a few alternatives, there are many more. You see my opinion and you are entitled to yours but if you think hard you will probably see my point of view.

2006-12-31 20:16:59 · answer #2 · answered by JOHN B 6 · 1 0

Not a lot is know about the battle that he was killed in and its only been discoverd in the last 15 years that he actully died from injuries substained in a battle , if it was he would have been fighting with the great Hittite as he was known , Suppiluliumash!!!

2007-01-01 05:54:19 · answer #3 · answered by ? 7 · 0 0

Horemheb

2006-12-31 19:06:12 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

King tut? THe egypt one? he didnt die in war. someone killed him in his sleep.

2006-12-31 19:12:27 · answer #5 · answered by meadow 2 · 0 0

He didn't die in war. It is commonly thought that he was murdered by a blow to the back of his head because of controversial religious beliefs.

2006-12-31 19:13:19 · answer #6 · answered by Tes 1 · 0 0

He was not killed at war he had a deiseas in his leg that killed him.

2006-12-31 19:29:15 · answer #7 · answered by Footballchick 1 · 1 0

People don't know they think that someone riding a horse stabbed him others think he fell and got a concushion.

2006-12-31 19:07:05 · answer #8 · answered by laa 2 · 0 0

http://dsc.discovery.com/anthology/unsolvedhistory/kingtut/interactive/interactive.html

this site will give you all the facts reasons and dates

2006-12-31 19:18:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

natural causes...leave it alone

2006-12-31 20:26:02 · answer #10 · answered by ___ 5 · 0 0

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