a j naet tick animal 70s mummy of king tut and several other people members, a sort of archeological autopsy. murder they say is not likely. they found that the young pharaoh had several inherited disorders as well as signs of malaria at the time of his death. they theorized that the fracture of his leg coupled with malaria led to a life threatening condition. murder mystery lovers may be disappointed, but archeologists are excited to use dna analysis to explore a whole new side of history. so a mystery somewhat reso muched and yet deepened at the same time. they also found out that his parents were actually siblings, as well, which was more common among the kings in egypt back then. which of course can weaken the immune system and give and you number of disorders. interesting stuff. and later we ll dig deeper in to this. dr. sanjay gupta joins us to shed more light on what killed
now we found out that the artist who it in the bed of the statue. right, so what you were talking about is some depictions of him that make king tut look a little bit more feminine than what he was. but tell us a little bit about how he died. but before i tell you about how he died, we found the mummy of the mother of king tut. and the mother of king tut means he married his sister. right, so that you how the king died. so you found out his parents were actually brother and
there s been a lot of speculation throughout really time, people thought maybe he had been murdered. there was a hole in his skull. we know that was from the mummification process. there was a thought maybe he had female genetic traits but they ve actually analyzed his dna now and find that s not true as well. what they are willing to say, based on doing pretty sophisticated dna analysis again, remember, we re talking about 3,000 years ago here dna analysis and also doing cat scans of the various bones that can construct together what likely happened to him. first of all they believe king tut was actually inbred, his father and mother were actually related and that led to a whole host of genetic deformities he probably lived with for his 19 years of life. they also believe that he had sigma layer ya that may have even infected his brain. that s because they found the dna of the pathogen that causes malaria as well. he also had a fracture in his leg. they think these three things in
hailed as the most significant of the afghanistan war. baradar now being interrogated in pakistan. officials say that his arrest could cripple insurgent military operations in afghanistan. and police in massachusetts say they have found the missing records in the 1986 death linked to alabama professor amy bishop. according to police documents, in december of 1986, bishop shot and killed her brother, but it was ruled an accident. they also say that the newly uncovered record comes not contradict that. bishop now stands accused of murdering three of her colleagues. there is a brand new study giving us amazing insights in to the life and death of king tut. he s fascinated historians his tis tomb was discovered in 1922 and no using high-tech forensics, researchers have uncover deed tails about the boy pharaoh that have been buried for more than 3,000 years. secretary general of egypt s supreme council of antiquities
near the biggest stimulus recipient. puerto rico will get over $2 billion in stimulus money. that s more than nearly 20 states. that s a lot of money. a lot of money. as understand, they re americans, i guess they re entitled to it, right? they are americans and they will point that out to you if you bring it up. they feel they re entitled to this money just like any other state in the country. jim acosta for us this morning. thanks. rob will have this morning s travel forecast coming up after the break. and also this will be fascinating, dr. sanjay gupta with the mystery surrounding the death of king tut.