but again this is fascinating stuff. let me show you how good the quality of the images are here. you think 3,000 years ago, what can they really tell? well, look. this is actually reconstructions of his feet. i don t know if you can tell here, but where the yellow is marked you see two things going on. first there is an extra joint. maybe a result of the inbreeding. but also he s starting to develop some necrosis or erosion of the bone there. that s an infection that can be quite painful and may also account for why he was always sitting down when you saw him in a lot of photographs. that s what they really think probably was going on here overall with king tut. again, it s hard to say for sure, but take a look at the quality of that stuff, john. it s pretty amazing. so all of this is very curious. it s intriguing. but is there any real value from learning about this? you know, i think there is. in fact, i ve done a lot of stories on malaria over the years trying to trace the orig
joins me now from cairo. thanks for being with us this morning. reporter: thank you very much. well, this study is fascinating. you guys were able to collect some really incredible new details about king tut and reveal several things through modern technology. tell us what it revealed about his life and how he died. i can tell you that this amazing discovery could be the most important discovery after the discover rift tomb of king tut. and all of this will be shown on discovery channel this coming sunday. we found the father of king tut. the amazing thing that we found has no deform differences. you know, people thought that this this man is not normal.
of this golden boy king tut. it is amazing and i apologize for the delay because you re coming to us from egypt, but really fascinating. really fascinating discoveries that you guy mass. and as you said, they ll be showing these new findings in had this king tut unwrapped which does air on the discovery channel sunday and monday. thanks for your time this morning. also, how did scientists figure out what diseases the boy pharaoh suffered from and what likely killed him? we ll take a look at the medical mysteries uncovered about king tut with dr. sanjay gupta in our next hour. did you ever see the king tut exhibit? yes. i was fascinated with the whole history of egypt and i made sure that i had a chance to see it. there was so much intrigue and mystery. there was fears that perhaps he was murdered and also that people who uncovered the tomb were cursed for the rest of their lives. amazing story and the
amazing insights in b. egypt s king tut. the boy pharaoh has fascinated his torians since his tomb was discovered back in 1922. and a report a revealing surprising new details about ancient egypt s most famous pharaoh. reporter: it s a mystery for the ages. who or what killed king tut? programs the most famous, he was just 19 when he died more than 3,000 years ago. his tomb stuffed with treasures and artifacts was discovered in 1922 and his mummy has been displayed around the world ever since. but a series of radiographs in 1968 suggested that king tut had suffer had broken leg and apparent head trauma shortly before his death. that led to a number of theories. a fall from a chariot, septicemia from his brog leg, or possibly murder from a blow to the head. but now archeologists have made a historic break through.
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