Seriously Gruesome Death of an Egyptian Pharaoh Detailed in New Study

Seriously Gruesome Death of an Egyptian Pharaoh Detailed in New Study
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3D image showing the pharaoh's badly damaged skull. (Image: Sahar Saleem)
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The forensic analysis of a 3,600-year-old mummy is providing fascinating new insights into a pivotal Egyptian pharaoh and the circumstances of his exceptionally violent death.
Seqenenre-Taa-II was likely executed by multiple assailants after being captured on the battlefield, according to new research published in the science journal Frontiers in Medicine. The new research also shows that the pharaoh’s body had already entered into a state of decomposition prior to mummification, and his embalmers did the best they could to conceal his very serious facial injuries.

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