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For centuries, there is much confusion, and many theories as to how King Tutankhamun may have died. It was a big discovery to everyone when King Tut was discovered, but there are still many theories. Even though two prevalent theories involve King Tutankhamun dying in a chariot crash and being murdered, King Tut, in fact, died from a combination of incest and natural diseases.
DNA research suggests that King Tut’s bloodline is of other powerful pharaohs. While not completely confirmed, it is very likely that King Tut was the son of Akhenaton and the grandson of Amenhotep II (Tutankhamen). Additionally, DNA tests show that his parents were siblings and his wife may have been his half-sister. He was also the last heir to a powerful family, which left him a lot of riches (King Tut Revealed). His history gave him a lot of power as a pharaoh, despite his young age.
While his heritage put him in a lot of power, it also may have given him a bad reputation. His father, Akhenaten, attempted to challenge the millennium-old Egyptian religion and convert everybody to monotheism. This idea did not go over very well and failed. Akhenaton also instituted a new capital at Amarna, rather than Thebes. (Tutankhamen).
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Researchers were able to find multiple infections of malaria tropica, which is a mosquito-born disease (Shaer 2). In that time, there wasn’t many medicines for diseases, let alone ways to detect it. Being virtually unseeable, this could have been a major contribution to his death. Posthumously, King Tut also was diagnosed with a degenerative bone condition (Shaer 2). His bones grew weaker with his age, crippling him. This condition possibly contributed to his death and caused his debility. King Tut was not a very healthy person, but without access to modern day treatments, there wasn’t much to

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