THE mystery of what killed King Tutankhamun may finally be solved — after scientists unearthed groundbreaking DNA evidence.

A scientific discovery has pointed towards Tutankhamun’s possible cause of death, 100 years after his tomb's discovery.

His enduring legacy owes much to the spectacular discovery of his tomb in 1922 by British archaeologist Howard Carter, which ...

see also ‘Curse’ behind King Tutankhamun’s tomb mysterious deaths ... is credited with first calling the disease cancer. The female skull, meanwhile, showed bone destruction from a cancerous ...

We know what Tutankhamun looked like because scientists have done experiments on his skull, bones and DNA. Tutankhamun was slim, 5’6” tall with rounded hips, a narrow waist and large front teeth.

Last year, scientists unveiled what Egyptian King Tutankhamun would have looked like during his reign of power over 3,300 years ago. Using a digital model of his mummified skull, researchers ...