King Tutankhamun
For years, it was speculated that King Tutankhamun’s death at age 19, came courtesy of a blow to the head, inflicted, perhaps, by a murderous rival.More recently, however, experts have determined that the damage to his mummy’s skull occurred after death, either during the embalming process, or at the hands of Howard Carter’s team.
So how did the boy king die?In 2005 a study revealed that he broke his leg, and developed a fatal infection in the wound.
Meanwhile, DNA testing in 2010 suggested that Tutankhamun died of malaria.
Alternate theories about the boy kings demise, even include that he succumbed to the lethal bite of an enraged hippopotamus!
The unwrapping and examination of Tutankhamun's mummy began at 9:45am on 11 November 1925.The autopsy performed on the king's mummy, was brutal.
Once the mummy’s decayed wrappings were removed, his neck was severed, his body cut in two and his limbs separated at almost every joint.
Bracelets were pulled from his arms and a golden mask, stuck fast with resin, was prised from his face.
His ears were destroyed, his penis broken off and a hole was punched through the bottom of his skull.
When the team was done, they rearranged his fragmented skeleton in a tray of sand, wrapped it in cotton wool, and returned him to his tomb.
Regardless of the exact cause of what killed the 19 year old king, it is clear that Tutankhamun's death was unexpected.This, combined with the two levels of resin inside his skull, have led to suggestions that an initial mummification, was carried out by an inexperienced embalmer.
The royal bloodline that Tutankhamun's family shared, ended with the death of the young pharaoh.
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As a result of the oils and resins used in embalming, Tutankhamun's Death Mask was stuck to the Pharoah's skull.His head was cut off from his body, to safely remove the mask 
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