DNA reveals some mystery on King Tut
- 14 years ago
DNA testing has unraveled some of the mystery surrounding the birth and death of pharaoh king Tutenkhamun, revealing his father was a famed monotheistic king and ruling out Nefertiti as his mother. The research, lead by Egypt's antiquities chief Zahi Hawass, showed the pharoah died of malaria after suffering a fall, putting to rest the theory that the enigmatic boy-king was murdered. Duration: 01:52.