> Research suggests King Tut died circa 1323 B.C.E. from a gangrene infection at age 19. The infection was possibly the result of a broken leg.

> Early investigations pointed to bone fragments in Tutankhamun’s skull to propose the theory that he died from a blow to the head by political rivals. However, a full scan of his body in 2006 found the damage to King Tut’s skull occurred after his death due to bad handling of his mummy.

> Another 2010 study of Tutankhamun’s DNA found he had malaria and was disabled, requiring a cane to walk, which could have precipitated his fall and made his leg infection worse

TIL he died of a broken leg

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We don't know any of that. All that was written about him could have been fabricated after his dead. Or even before.

I mean I thought it was pretty good info dude had womanly hips, possible breasts a club foot much likely do to inbreeding.

adolescence can hard

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Just because he was riding on it doesn't mean he was the one driving it. Again you cannot prove without a shadow of a doubt. As you said. He has used canes. That leaves area for doubt

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His bones?

Um ok rude dude

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> if y'all cant go read a book

You're talking about a topic that famously has conflicting positions, you didn't mention any book and actually just posted a Wikipedia link of a controversial archaeologist.

Don't be a pretentious twat. It's not that I disagree with your position but you're doing an awful job at defending it.

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This makes me angry.

This guy is a top fabricator of Egyptian histories to make them appear more appealing to modern audiences.

They aren’t trying to cyber bully King Tut. That’s from real research. I saw it in a documentary too.

What's mine say? Sweet!

Wow I can’t believe he was alive all the way up until that point

Good, this is a very valid thing to be really upset about. My whole week has been ruined already!

Watch him say Egyptians were all black next. When we know for a fact they all ended up being Greek.

The mishandling? Yeah, Tut got majorly screwed. The tomb isn't his, the artifacts aren't his, the sarcophagus isn't his, and his mummy was not properly done.

Poor guy died too young, hosting a God and being reckless letting it use him and takeover.

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More that I feel lied to. There was this whole persuasive book that claimed that he was murdered, and it was fascinating, but now come to find out that it was just mishandling. Grrr.

Changing long-held beliefs is hard.

A lot of edgy 12 year olds were pissed off by you lol

Agreed, thats why my week has been ruined.

Sounds like the same thing that happened to the last guy that asked too many questions about Tuts death.

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Have you seen the research on his many physical deformities and definite heavy inbreeding? I haven’t really heard anyone make the claim that he was an athletic hunter before. Where did you get that info?

What a ridiculous comment.

Where's your proof?

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I’m on the sinking boat with you now. I like to live dangerously.

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Dude was genuinely offended for King Tut is this a time traveler?

*laughs in r/Neverbrokeabone*

Sounds like you haven’t actually done any reading on the topic if you think that’s a troll comment, it was widely speculated that he had wide hips and breasts for years (athough it has since been proven false and just a stylistic choice in artistic depictions) and he definitely had a foot problem.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/100216-king-tut-malaria-bones-inbred-tutankhamun

I mean, it makes sense if you consider that his whole death was just an accident and his palace was left scrambling to provide him with something. Of course, it did work out for him. The placement and size of his tomb and his relative obscurity meant that grave-robbers didn't steak from him like they did with other tombs.

I think he was most definitely disabled, but that doesn't mean he couldn't still be a very active young man. Lots of disabled people still play sports and get around. Why, my friend is paralyzed from the neck down and holds a normal job and is building a Twitch channel. Why, I bet his disability just made Tut even more determined to be as active as any other Egyptian young man at the time.

And he had the money and resources to secure mobility aids and even customize his equipment to be what he needed it to be.

thats...the conclusion genuinely educated people came to about king tut

Definitely an instance where being screwed ended up being beneficial in the long run.

The very long run

Understandable. Maybe the book was made before the 2006 scan that confirmed the mishandling.

Definitely was.

> He liked horses and chariots and there are descriptions of him hunting and even fighting wars on them. > >

So this is not actually much evidence. Ancient egyptains did a lot of propaganda and we have depections of pharaohs who never even went to war smiting their enemies. Then there was Ramses going through a full propaganda complain where he replaced the names off the works of older pharaohs and said they were his own and where he lied about the outcome of the Battle of Kadesh.

There's a lot of propaganda in ancient eygpt and King Tut would have been depicted hunting and riding chariots regardless of whether he was disabled or not because that was what was expected of a pharaoh. They were all depicted as youthful and invigorated and as warriors.

The egyptains would also pretty much erase from history any humiliating defeats or anything they didn't like.

Just like Bob Saget

I've done a fair bit of research on him myself. Was fascinated in him at one point. I've read a lot of evidence that he was quite disabled from inbreading. But have also heard he was into hunting. However, there's some thought he was more interested in going with hunters and watching than actually participating. He'd have to have been quite strong for a disabled 12 year old.

TIL that King Tut had damage on the back of his skull

Now we know what the pyramids were for!

I learned this already from my PHd in Ancient Aliens from the history channel

naw man, he may be of trollish ancestry, but this post is legit.

King tut, was roomy, big thru the hips.

Imagine being the guy who dropped tuts skull

Pretty sure we already learned from Stargate that the Pyramids were landing zones fir alien starships.

Imagine your at an ancient Egyptian ceremony watching your dead King being prepared for burial and bro just drops his head

I mean, he was the product of his dad and aunt and is a part of a famous incestuous lineage (from my other readings)

I was taught that he was murdered in elementary school but it was common knowledge by 2007 that he wasn't murdered.

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Have you ever seen a mummy movie? They’re highly mobile