More than a century after British Howard Carter exhumed Tutankhamun’s tomb, theories about the causes of the death of the famous Egyptian pharaoh nearly 3,000 years ago are still emerging. On June 9, the BBC published another hypothesis. According to biomedical Egyptologist Sofia Aziz, the young king was killed in a fuel tank accident he was driving while drunk. “He was like a typical teenager. He was drinking and probably drove too fast,” said Sofia Aziz laconically.
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bone disease and malaria
To support her thesis, the researcher relied on the presence of tanks and wine near the tomb. “In their coffins, the ancient Egyptians carried everything they treasured in the afterlife,” she explained. This new theory posits that he was a warrior king and drove chariots.” A thesis that adds to the myriad explanations that have been put forward near Luxor since Howard Carter’s voyage to the Valley of the Kings.
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In 2010, a team of researchers revealed that the young 19-year-old pharaoh died of malaria and a bone disease, resulting in a broken leg and then his death, Le Figaro reported. At this stage, this pathological hypothesis remains privileged. Claims were swept away by Sofia Aziz and Professor Sahar Saleem, a radiologist and specialist in mummies at Cairo University. “I find no signs of arthritis. The presence of this slight deformity (clubfoot) did not cause any significant disturbance in the King’s gait,” he told the BBC.
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A historical treasure
The veil remains on this pharaoh whose tomb, which remained intact, is one of the best preserved pieces of ancient Egypt. Containing 4,500 objects (jewels, statuettes, furniture), most of them solid gold, the tomb has many mysteries related to the life of Tutankhamun in the 2nd millennium BC. revealed. According to tests, his father was Akhenaten, who ruled for seventeen years. He was the husband of the legendary Queen Nefertiti.
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